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Gone a-Whaling: The Lure of the Sea and the Hunt for the Great Whale

Jim Murphy

Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

GenresWhalingHistoryJuvenile literatureBoy whalers

208 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 1998 by Clarion Books · ISBN 9780395698471

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Editions

3 editions

English

  • Gone a-Whaling: The Lure of the Sea and the Hunt for the Great Whale · Clarion Books · 1998 · ISBN 9780395698471 This page
  • Gone A-Whaling: The Lure of the Sea and the Hunt for the Great Whale · Demco Media · 2004 · ISBN 9780606303378
  • Gone a-Whaling: The Lure of the Sea and the Hunt for the Great Whale · HarperCollins Publishers · 2004 · ISBN 9781299894051

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