Sixpence for the Wind: A Knot of Nautical FolkloreDundurn, 1998 M09 30 - 143 pages An introduction to the field of sealore, the collected wisdom and superstition of seafarers. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Nonexistent | 11 |
6 | 37 |
7 | 43 |
8 | 51 |
9 | 59 |
10 | 67 |
11 | 73 |
14 | 93 |
15 | 99 |
16 | 107 |
17 | 114 |
18 | 120 |
19 | 127 |
20 | 133 |
Bibliography | 141 |
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