Fighting the Whales; Or Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise

Fighting the Whales; Or Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise PDF

Author: Robert Michael Ballantyne

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2015-02-19

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 147337068X

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This antiquarian book contains a fictional account of the narrator's experiences hunting whales. This delightful tale of nautical derring-do and bravery was designed as an exciting story for children. It makes for a great bedtime story full of imaginative and adventurous episodes for your little ones, and will also prove to be an amusing and fun-to-read text for parents. The chapters of this text include: 'In trouble', 'To Begin With'; 'At Sea'; 'Our First Battle'; '''Cutting In'' The Blubber and ''Trying Out'' The Oil'; 'A Storm, A Man Overboard, and a Rescue'; 'The Whale - Fighting Bulls, Etc.'; 'Tom's Wisdom - Another Great Battle'; 'Death on the Sea'; 'News From Home - A Gam, and Return Home'. This book was written by Richard Michael Ballantyne, and was first published in 1886.

Fighting the Whales

Fighting the Whales PDF

Author: R. M. Ballantyne

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781331224020

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Excerpt from Fighting the Whales: Or Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise It is a long time now since I took to fighting the whales. I have been at it, man and boy, for nigh forty years, and many a wonderful sight have I seen many a desperate battle have I fought in the fisheries of the North and South Seas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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