"A Medium in Which I Seek Relief": Manuscripts of American Sailors 1919-1940

Dr. John Rocco Comment

"Great stuff but your entry could use some longer quotations from TWO YEARS to illustrate the impact of the work.  How about the flogging scene?  Or anything you think works well—sailor talk passages, work passages, etc.  Sorry for bringing up Melville, but do you know the letters he wrote Dana?  (Dana was the first person Melville mentioned writing his “Whale book” to in a letter….)

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