A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynas ty
by
Peter Nichols
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea
In 1871, America's last fleet of whaling ships was destroyed in an arctic ice storm. Miraculously, 1,218 men, women and children survived,...