The Whalemen

The Whalemen
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Publisher : New Word City
Total Pages : 106
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ISBN-13 : 9781612309446
ISBN-10 : 1612309445
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Book Synopsis The Whalemen by : Edouard A. Stackpole

Download or read book The Whalemen written by Edouard A. Stackpole and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other enterprise in America's history ever approached whaling for adventure. Here, award-winning historian Edouard A. Stackpole describes the early Colonial days when boat crews attacked whales near shore through the development of deep-sea whaling by the hardy Quaker whalemen of Nantucket and on into the adventure-packed century when Yankee whalemen made the world their domain.


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