Lewis Coolidge and the Voyage of the Amethyst, 1806-1811

Bys: John Phillip Felt and Evabeth Miller Kienast

A firsthand account of a nineteenth-century sealing expedition that recalls the spirit of Herman Melville

Lewis Coolidge (1783-1871) was a nephew of Billy Dawes, the man who accompanied Paul Revere on his legendary midnight ride. An adventurous spirit seems to have run in the family: in 1806 Coolidge set out on a five-year voyage around the globe aboard the China trader Amethyst. The crew's mission was to catch and skin fur...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570038163
• ISBN13: 9781570038167
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"