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Author: Mark Foster Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0547529392 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 69
Book Description
Long before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A few brave Colonial farmers left their fields and headed out to sea to chase whales and profits farther and farther off shore. When they did, towns sprung up around their harbors as demand grew for sailors, blacksmiths, ropewalkers, and the many other craftsmen needed to support the growing whaling industry. Through the fictional village of Tuckanucket, Whale Port explores the history of these towns. Detailed illustrations and an informative narrative reveal the way Tuckanucket’s citizens lived and worked by sharing the personal stories of people like Zachariah Taber, his family and neighbors, and the place they called home. Whale Port is also the story of America, and the important role whales played in its history and development as people worked together to build communities that not only survived, but prospered and grew into the flourishing cities of a new nation.
Author: Mark Foster Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0547529392 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 69
Book Description
Long before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A few brave Colonial farmers left their fields and headed out to sea to chase whales and profits farther and farther off shore. When they did, towns sprung up around their harbors as demand grew for sailors, blacksmiths, ropewalkers, and the many other craftsmen needed to support the growing whaling industry. Through the fictional village of Tuckanucket, Whale Port explores the history of these towns. Detailed illustrations and an informative narrative reveal the way Tuckanucket’s citizens lived and worked by sharing the personal stories of people like Zachariah Taber, his family and neighbors, and the place they called home. Whale Port is also the story of America, and the important role whales played in its history and development as people worked together to build communities that not only survived, but prospered and grew into the flourishing cities of a new nation.
Author: Everett J. Edwards Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing ISBN: 1787209431 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 235
Book Description
First published in 1932 and revised in 1956 by Everett J. Edwards’ daughter Jeannette Edwards Rattray with a new Foreword, this is a well-researched account on American shore-whaling, with special focus on the small-boat whaling carried on off the eastern end of Long Island from 1640 to 1918—the first and last whaling of this sort done anywhere in America.
Author: James Higham Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521195977 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 425
Book Description
A critical insight into the diverse socio-cultural, political, economic and ecological contexts of the global whale-watching industry.
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0805096426 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 42
Book Description
A young girl helps her father, the captain of a whale boat, on a whale-watching trip and relates how her ancestors hunted whales in the same waters. Includes information on the history of whaling, whale-watching, and the conservation movement to ensure the safety of whales.
Author: Mark Foster
Author: Mark Foster
Author: Everett J. Edwards
Author: James Higham
Author: United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Author: United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics
Author: George H. Newton
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Author: Alexander Starbuck
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome