sea stories

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Hurricane, open seas, 1844

1999
During almost four years at sea with her whaling captain father, thirteen-year-old Rebecca finds life both boring and difficult--especially when the ship is nearly sunk by a hurricane.

Ten little fish

Ten little fish swim through the ocean, each finding a different reason to leave until only one remains.
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Burt Dow deep-water man

a tale of the sea in the classic tradition
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Moby-Dick

Presents Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" about Captain Ahab's obsession with finding and killing the great white whale that took off his leg.
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Stowaway

A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the "Endeavor" which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
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Billy Budd, sailor and other stories

Provides a collection of six short stories by Herman Melville.
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The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle

As the only passenger, and the only female, on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself caught between a murderous captain and a mutinous crew.
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Seabird

An ivory gull carved by Ezra Brown in 1832 brings luck to four generations of his family as they travel on the seas and in the air.

20,000 leagues under the sea

Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.

Billy Budd and other tales

A collection of eight short stories by the author of "Moby Dick.".

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