| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 359 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cape Breton and going down to the sea, 1858-82 -- Pelagic sealing: Victoria, 1883-89 -- Conflict in the North Pacific, 1888-89 -- Home port San Francisco, 1890 -- The James Hamilton Lewis and the Russians, 1891 -- The Japanese coast and the North Pacific, 1892-95 -- The Bering Sea Claims Commission hearings and Percy Sherwood, 1896 -- The South Pacific Expedition, 1987-98 -- The Klondike, 1898-1903 -- Poaching with the Carmencita, 1904-1905 -- The Carmencita returns to Victoria, 1905 -- Setting the record straight, Vancouver, 1906-08 -- The final years: Vancouver, 1909-14 -- The legend of Alex MacLean |
| Summary |
Alex MacLean was a sailor and sealer, originally from Cape Breton, who was the inspiration for the title character Wolf Larsen in Jack Lodon's best-selling novel, The Sea-Wolf. When he was just 21, MacLean sailed to the Pacific side of North America where he operated for 35 years. He was a skilful sailor and a colourful individual whose achievements and escapades while in the Victoria pelagic fleet in the 1880s laid the foundation for his status as a folk hero. Captain Alex MacLean: Jack London's Sea Wolf is not only the story of this fascinating character and the construction of his legend. MacLean's biography opens a new window into the complex world of pelagic sealing in the North Pacific. The sealing dispute brought the United States and Britain to the brink of war, with Canadian sealing interests frequently enmeshed in webs of espionage, scientific debate, diplomatic negotiations, and vexing questions of maritime and environmental law. MacLean's story will appeal to maritime historians, historians of the Pacific Northwest, and readers interested in the history of sealing, international relations, and environmental politics. It will also appeal to readers interested in this fascinating character, both in his own right and as mythologized by Jack London |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-338) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
MacLean, Alexander, 1858-1914.
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MacLean, Alexander, 1858-1914 |
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Sealing -- North Pacific Ocean -- History
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Sealers (Persons) -- Canada -- Biography
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Sailors -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Fisheries & Aquaculture.
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Sailors
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Sealers (Persons)
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Sealing
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Canada
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North Pacific Ocean
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Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
cn2007907478 |
| ISBN |
9780774856126 |
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0774856122 |
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9780774814720 |
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0774814721 |
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1282457330 |
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9781282457331 |
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