THE VOYAGE OF THE F.H. MOORE AND OTHER 19TH CENTURY WHALING ACCOUNTS by Samuel Grant Williams, J. Ross Browne, Charles H. Robbins ( 9780786478668 )

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Title:

THE VOYAGE OF THE F.H. MOORE AND OTHER 19TH CENTURY WHALING ACCOUNTS

By:

Samuel Grant Williams, J. Ross Browne, Charles H. Robbins

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Paperback

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0786478667

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9780786478668

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Publisher:

MCFARLAND & CO INC

Pub. date:

22 April, 2014

Pages:

216

Description:

In 1873, 21-year-old Sam Williams embarked on a whaling journey on the two-masted F.H. Moore--he steered one of the smaller boats and when in range threw the harpoon. During the 16-month voyage, he kept a personal log and later reworked it into this never-before-published manuscript, now supplemented by additional research and relevant excerpts of the official logbook of the ship.

Synopsis:

The book presents the never before published story of the 1873-74 whaling voyage of the F.H. Moore through the eyes of crew member Sam Williams. The book also includes some lost notes of another whaling voyage Williams took to the Azores. There are also excerpts of three first person accounts of whaling published in the 1800's. Together the four parts open the world of whaling to readers in a realistic and unromantic way which illuminate the current worldwide debate on whaling.

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McFarland & Co Inc

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