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Author Cook, Peter, 1946 May 13-

Title You wouldn't want to sail on a 19th-century whaling ship! : grisly tasks you'd rather not do / written by Peter Cook ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya.

Imprint New York : Franklin Watts, 2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Westside Non-Fiction Sets  SNF 910.91 COO    ---  Available
Description 32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Audience 3-7.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG RL 5.0 1.0 82495
ACCELERATED READER RL 5.0 P 1.0 WEST
Summary Details what life was like for sailors on whaling ships during the nineteenth century, including the duties of the crew, the whaling ship the Essex, how whales were processed, and how people survived a shipwreck or being lost at sea.
Note Includes index.
Subject Whaling.
Nickerson, Thomas, 1805-1883.
Essex (Whaleship)
Shipwrecks.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Whaling -- History.
Nickerson, Thomas, 1805-1883.
Essex (Whaleship)
Shipwrecks -- History.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Added Author Antram, David, 1958- ill.
ISBN 0531123561
0531163997 (pbk.)

 
    
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