You wouldn't want to sail on a 19th-century whaling ship! / Cook, Peter

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9780531163993
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2004050090
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You wouldn't want to sail on a 19th-century whaling ship!

grisly tasks you'd rather not do
  • Cook, Peter
Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a cabin boy on a whaling ship in 1819, discussing the realities of life aboard ship, the catching and processing of the whale, being shipwrecked, and coming home again.
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