Jack in the Forecastle; Or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale (Dodo Press)
Автор:John Sherburne Sleeper Год: 2009 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 368 ISBN: 9781409956020 John Sherburne Sleeper (1794-1878), who also wrote under the pseudonym Hawser Martingale, was an American sailor, ship master, novelist, journalist and politician. Sleeper was the publisher and editor of the Exeter, New Hampshire, News-Letter, editor and proprietor of The Lowell Daily Journal and editor and part proprietor of The Boston Mercantile Journal later The Boston Journal. Sleeper purchased The Lowell Daily Journal in 1833 and ran the paper in partnership with H. Hastings Weld, however the partnership lasted only a few months resulting in financial distress for Mr. Weld and Sleeper's moving on to work for The Boston Mercantile Journal. Sleeper was the editor of The Boston Mercantile Journal, later The Boston Journal from 1834 to 1854. He served as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853, the Massachusetts Senate, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and, from 1856 to 1858, as the sixth Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts.
