Gone a-whaling the lure of the sea and the hunt for the great whale
Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.
| Main Author: | Murphy, Jim, 1947- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Clarion Books,
©1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Enticed by the riches
- So we were all soon aboard
- Work like horses and live like pigs
- It all seems so strange
- Nothing so electrifying
- Foot of oil on deck
- Strange uneven sort of life
- We have been stove by a whale
- Homeward bound!!!!!!
- Great killing
- New whale hunters
- Glossary
- Bibliography and sources
- Whale conservation and research organizations.