Author: Alice Cushing GardinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nantucket Island (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Father's Gone A-whaling
Author: Alice Cushing GardinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nantucket Island (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Gone A-whaling
Author: Jim MurphyPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395698471
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
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.
When the Whales Walked
Author: Dougal DixonPublisher:
ISBN: 1912413957
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
When the Whales Walked is an exquisitely illustrated exploration of the most incredible events in evolution, through 13 case studies. Discover a world where whales once walked, crocodiles were warm-blooded, and rhinos ruled the Earth!
My Father was a Man on Land and a Whale in the Water
Author: Michelle SteinbeckPublisher: Darf Publishers Ltd.
ISBN: 1850773300
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
A young woman goes on a perilous journey in search of her absent father. What ensues is a Freudian adult fairytale in this exciting debut by young Swiss author Michelle Steinbeck. A child attacks Loribeth with an iron while she is sleeping. In retaliation Loribeth throws the iron onto the child from an upstairs window, packs the damaged body into a suitcase and sets off on her travels. Thus starts Steinbeck's unusual, poetic novella about a young woman's transition from childhood to adulthood.
Lloyd Finds His Whalesong
Author: Skylaar AmannPublisher: Page Street Kids
ISBN: 9781624149436
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Lloyd can’t sing. The rhythm of the whalesong guides the whales through danger and connects them to each other. But Lloyd is too quiet to join in. If he can’t sing, how can he be a part of the pod? Then one day he finds a magical, mysterious object with supersonic seaweed strings! This could be his chance to be part of the song. He practices and practices, nervously preparing to show the other whales. But before he can perform for them, a disruptive, noisy boat approaches and scatters the pod. Lloyd’s powerful new instrument may be the only thing that can reunite them—if he can find the courage to share his unique song. This inspiring and whimsical tale about celebrating your differences and finding your voice is complemented by bright and endearing illustrations that sparkle with quiet magic.
Harpoon
Author: Andrew DarbyPublisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1741764408
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This book reveals the political machinations and manipulations at the highest levels to reinstate whaling, particularly in Japan, and traces the history of modern commercial whaling, the industry's determination to ignore reasonable checks and balances, and the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission.
Captain Ahab Had a Wife
Author: Lisa NorlingPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469616866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the whaling industry in New England sent hundreds of ships and thousands of men to distant seas on voyages lasting up to five years. In Captain Ahab Had a Wife, Lisa Norling taps a rich vein of sources--including women's and men's letters and diaries, shipowners' records, Quaker meeting minutes and other church records, newspapers and magazines, censuses, and city directories--to reconstruct the lives of the "Cape Horn widows" left behind onshore. Norling begins with the emergence of colonial whalefishery on the island of Nantucket and then follows the industry to mainland New Bedford in the nineteenth century, tracking the parallel shift from a patriarchal world to a more ambiguous Victorian culture of domesticity. Through the sea-wives' compelling and often poignant stories, Norling exposes the painful discrepancies between gender ideals and the reality of maritime life and documents the power of gender to shape both economic development and individual experience.
The Elementary English Review
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Category : Activity programs in education
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
A Whale in Paris
Author: Daniel PresleyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534419179
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
“Perfect for readers who love a touch of the fantastic and the impossible.” —Booklist A hopeful and heroic girl befriends a small, lost whale during World War II and together they embark on a journey to liberate France and find their families in this charming debut novel. Ever since the Germans became the unwelcome “guests” of Paris in the early days of World War II, Papa and Chantal have gone out in the evenings to fish in the Seine. Tonight Chantal is hoping for a salmon, but instead she spies something much more special: a whale! Though small (for a whale) and lost, he seems friendly. Chantal soon opens her heart to the loveable creature and names him Franklin, after the American president who must surely be sending troops to rescue her country. Yet Franklin is in danger: The Parisians are starving and would love to eat him, and the Nazis want to capture him as a gift to Hitler. In a desperate bid to liberate themselves and their city, Chantal and Franklin embark on a dangerous voyage. But can one small girl manage to return a whale to the ocean and reunite him with his parents? And will she ever see her own family again?
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