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Edouard A. Stackpole

Born

in Nantucket, MA, The United States

December 07, 1903

Died

September 02, 1993

Genre

History, Nonfiction

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Edouard A. Stackpole was an American journalist, museum curator, whaling historian, and author.

Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, a descendant of a family of whalers, Stackpole graduated from Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. He worked for several years as a printer, reporter, and editor at newspapers in Nantucket.

He was Curator Emeritus of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut from 1951 to 1966. He published 28 books and monographs, largely about whaling and the history of Nantucket.

He was a marine historian for over three decades, and was awarded two Guggenheim fellowships for his two-volume book The Sea Hunters. Numerous articles by Mr. Stackpole have appeared in the World Book and Grolier encyclopedias as we ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 99 ratings · 15 reviews · 49 distinct works

	The Whalemen 3.71 avg rating — 63 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smuggler's Luck 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nantucket Doorways: Thresholds to the Past by Edouard A. Stackpole, Melvin B. Summerfield 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The sea-hunters; the New England whalemen during two centuries, 1635-1835 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nantucket in Color by Edouard A. Stackpole, Peter H. Dreyer (Collaborator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Fight for Treasure by Edouard A. Stackpole, Henry C. Pitz (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whales and Destiny: The Rivalry Between America, France, and Britain for Control of the Southern Whale Fishery, 1785-1825 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Prescott and the opium smugglers: With illus. of the Chinese scene and period of 1840-1850, together with famous ship-masters and ships which ... Historical Association. [Publication]) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nantucket in the American Revolution really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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