{"product_id":"so-ends-this-day-donald-warrin-9781933227283","title":"So Ends This Day: The Portuguese in American Whaling, 1765-1927 Volume 1","description":"In the first half of the nineteenth century whaling was one of the young American nation's most important industries, providing lubricants and illumination as well as baleen, the plastic of its day. \u003ci\u003eSo Ends This Day: The Portuguese in American Whaling, 1765-1927 \u003c\/i\u003etraces the history of the American whaling industry from its seventeenth century beginnings in Massachusetts and Long Island to its demise in the third decade of the twentieth century, while highlighting the role of its Portuguese participants. Their story begins with Joseph Swazey who, in 1765, returned to Martha's Vineyard from an Atlantic whaling voyage; and it terminates with the aborted voyage of Capt. Joseph F. Edwards aboard the John R. Manta in 1927. From a few random crew members in the latter half of the 18th century, these men from the Portuguese Atlantic islands of the Azores and Cape Verde came to dominate the industry in its final decades. Their participation would ultimately determine the principal settlement patterns of the Portuguese in the U.S.: New England, California, and Hawaii. But it led as well to distant communities in such diverse places as Alaska, New Zealand, and the Pacific atolls. It is a story of courage and determination in a far-reaching industry in which many of these individuals advanced to positions of responsibility unparalleled among non-English-speaking immigrants to the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Warrin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933227281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933227283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tagus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Donald Warrin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136530727167,"sku":"9781933227283","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0283f224-c949-468d-9388-75ed07717c41.jpg?v=1755023625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/so-ends-this-day-donald-warrin-9781933227283","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}