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Whalers and whaling

E. Keble Chatterton

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For centuries men sailed to the ends of the earth after whales, and Keble Chatterton tells their perilous history: the Arctic quest, the Davis Straits, the old whale-ships, and the cry of 'There she blows!' A stirring maritime chronicle. Ship out on the dangerous trade of the whalers.

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28 chapters

  1. 1WHALERS AND WHALING
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
  5. 5CHAPTER II THE NORTHERN QUEST
  6. 6CHAPTER III WHALING ENTERPRISE
  7. 7CHAPTER IV FLUCTUATING FORTUNES
  8. 8CHAPTER V IN THE DAVIS STRAITS
  9. 9CHAPTER VI THE OLD WHALE-SHIPS
  10. 10CHAPTER VII “THERE SHE BLOWS!”
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII WHALERS AND SEALERS
  12. 12CHAPTER IX ABOARD AN AMERICAN WHALER
  13. 13CHAPTER X CREWS AND CAPTAINS
  14. 14CHAPTER XI WHALING ADVENTURES
  15. 15CHAPTER XII THE PERSONAL ELEMENT
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII THE WAY THEY HAD IN THE WHALERS
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV IN THE SOUTHERN SEAS
  18. 18CHAPTER XV WAR AND THE WHALERS

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