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Author Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022

Title Gone a-whaling : the lure of the sea and the hunt for the great whale / by Jim Murphy.

Publication Info. New York : Clarion Books, [1998]
©1998

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 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J639.28 MUR    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J306.364 MUR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 639.2 MURPHY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 639.28 MURPHY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 639.28 MURPHY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J639.2 MUR    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Children's Department  J 639.2 MUR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J306.364 M95G    Check Shelf
Description 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
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.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.0 7.0 20247.
Subject Whaling -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Boy whalers -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Whaling -- History.
ISBN 0395698472
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