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

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

  1. 110 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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

About this book

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.

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Information

eBook ISBN
9781473370685
Subtopic
Zoology

Table of contents

  1. Fighting the Whales; Or Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise
  2. A Short History of Fishing
  3. IN TROUBLE, TO BEGIN WITH
  4. AT SEA
  5. OUR FIRST BATTLE
  6. “CUTTING IN” THE BLUBBER AND “TRYING OUT” THE OIL
  7. A STORM, A MAN OVERBOARD, AND A RESCUE
  8. THE WHALE—FIGHTING BULLS, ETC.
  9. TOM’S WISDOM—ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE
  10. DEATH ON THE SEA
  11. NEWS FROM HOME—A GAM
  12. RETURN HOME