Boxing the Compass: A Century and a Half of Discourse About Sailor's Chanties (Occasional Papers in Folklore)

How do we know what we know about chanties? Beginning with the earliest sources, this book traces the history of writing about chanties, creating an indispensible guide to the primary authors and sources through a century and a half of chanty literature.

• | Author: Gibb Schreffler
• | Publisher: Black Willow Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 116 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1935243810
• | ISBN-13: 9781935243816