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Gone A-Whaling: The Lure of the Sea and the Hunt for the Great Whale Paperback - 2004
by Jim Murphy
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In the early days of whaling, whales were plentiful and it seemed that they would always fill the sea. When people realized how much money could be made from whales in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, entire species were wiped out in the rush to hunt these gentle and magnificent creatures. This account is an even-handed portrayal of the exciting, grisly, and sometimes profitable business of pelagic whaling, told from the perspective of young whalers through their detailed journal entries and letters. Glossary, bibliography,index.
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THE WATER IN THE BAY was calm.
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- Title Gone A-Whaling: The Lure of the Sea and the Hunt for the Great Whale
- Author Jim Murphy
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books
- Date May 24, 2004
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780618432431 / 0618432434
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 7.4 x 0.56 in (22.81 x 18.80 x 1.42 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 1150
- Library of Congress subjects Whaling - History, Boy whalers - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97013051
- Dewey Decimal Code 639.28
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