Table of Contents:
  • The ship
  • The Gay Head harpooner
  • Race, nationality, and gender
  • The primacy of rank
  • The beach
  • Cultural encounters
  • Cycles of conquest
  • New heaven
  • Islands
  • Native American beachcombers in the Pacific
  • Race and indigeneity in the life of Elisha Apes
  • Beachcombers in New England
  • The reservation
  • Degradation and respect
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Native American whalemen's database
  • Appendix B: Native American logbooks and journals.