| Author: | Edouard A. Stackpole | ISBN: | 9781612309446 |
| Publisher: | New Word City, Inc. | Publication: | May 28, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edouard A. Stackpole |
| ISBN: | 9781612309446 |
| Publisher: | New Word City, Inc. |
| Publication: | May 28, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
