The first-ever book of its kind, a major resource for scholars, curators, maritime enthusiasts, and collectors. With a foreword by the celebrated scrimshaw historian Norman Flayderman, and contributions by Joshua Basseches, Joost Schokkenbroek, and Dr. Janet West, More Scrimshaw Artists presents 500 carefully documented biographical sketches of the men and women in the American and foreign whale fisheries, and in the naval and merchant services, who produced scrimshaw at sea and ashore in the great age of sail from circa 1625 to 1930
This book is an indispensable guide for the collector, curator, connoisseur, and maritime enthusiast. Written by Stuart M. Frank.
