| Description |
208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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age Children |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| 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. |
| Awards |
ALA Notable Children's Book, 1999. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
| Subject |
Whaling -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Whaling. |
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History. |
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Boy whalers -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Boy whalers. |
| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Murphy, Jim, 1947- Gone a-whaling. New York : Clarion Books, ©1998 (OCoLC)607137849 |
| ISBN |
0395698472 |
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9780395698471 |
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0618432434 |
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9780618432431 |
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