You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a Whaling Ship!
Cook, Peter
Antram, David
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The year is 1819. You are a 14-year-old boy named Thomas Nickerson, living in Nantucket. It is one of the most important centres of the American whaling industry. You want to fulfill your boyhood dream of becoming a whaler by joining your friends aboard the whaling ship Essex. The Essex is bound for the Pacific Ocean, and a place in history. But you have no idea of the horrors - whale attacks, shipwreck, cannibalism - that lie ahead.Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
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Non fiction | Expanded edition | A3594 |
Dewey: | 910.91 |
call #: | COO |
ISBN: | 9781912904389 |
pub: | 2020 |