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Roger D. Abrahams
Books by Roger D. Abrahams
Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore
This volume surveys the importance of sea shanties in the Leeward and Windward Islands of the West Indies. In the first chapter the author surveys the documentary record of these work songs in the islands and throughout the maritime world. The balance of the book describes the use of shanties for...