McCurdy, Michael.

The sailors alphabet / [written and] illustrated by Michael McCurdy. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

One of many variations of a forecastle chantey created about 1837 by an unknown sailor and named after the bow section of the ship where sailors sometimes bunked or relaxed.

ISBN: 0395841674

LCCN: 97020647

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Alphabet--Poetry.
Seafaring life--Poetry.
Sailors--Poetry.
American poetry.
Alphabet.

LC Class. No.: PS3563.C35317 / S25 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 811/.54 E