The Whalemen
Author | : Edouard A. Stackpole |
Publisher | : New Word City |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2016-03-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781612309446 |
ISBN-13 | : 1612309445 |
Rating | : 4/5 (445 Downloads) |
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.