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1	Moby Dick more books like this by Professor Herman Melville add to wishlist Misunderstood and unappreciated in its time, Melville's monumental work has become the classic epic of American literature. He tells the dual story of the initiation of young Ishmael, a schoolteacher, into the life of a seaman, and the tragedy of Captain Ahab's obsession with the white whale. The novel begins with a lengthy dissection of the word ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Moby-Dick,or The whale more books like this by Herman Melville add to wishlist Misunderstood and unappreciated in its time, Melville's monumental work has become the classic epic of American literature. He tells the dual story of the initiation of young Ishmael, a schoolteacher, into the life of a seaman, and the tragedy of Captain Ahab's obsession with the white whale. The novel begins with a lengthy dissection of the word ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Seabird more books like this by Holling Clancy Holling add to wishlist A carved ivory gull is the mascot for four generations of seafarers, aboard a whaler, a clipper ship, and an airplane. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America more books like this by Eric Jay Dolin add to wishlist Few things can capture the danger and desperation of men at sea as dramatically as whaling. Eric Jay Dolin begins with Captain John Smith's expedition to the New World in 1614. He chronicles the rise of a burgeoning industry, to its golden age when a fleet of more than 700 ships hunted the seas and its decline as the twentieth century dawned. This ... see all copies from $2.37! new only from $2.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Yankee whaler more books like this by Clifford Warren Ashley add to wishlist One of the finest, most colorful and definitive studies of whaling ever published. Construction and outfitting of ships, crafts and routines, hunting methods, much more. 133 halftones. 17 line illus. Introduction. see all copies from $4.09! new only from $71.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Moby-Dick more books like this by Stanley P Baldwin, M.A. add to wishlist More New and Revised Titles. The Best Just Got Better! Plus Glossary from Websters New World Dictionary Anthem Atlas Shrugged Beowulf Brave New World The Canterbury Tales The Catcher in the Rye The Contender The Crucible The Fountainhead Frankenstein The Grapes of Wrath Great Expectations The Great Gatsby Hamlet Heart of Darkness The Secret Sharer ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.21! \| SVS
7	Black Hands, White Sails more books like this by Patricia C McKissack, Fredrick L McKissack, Jr. add to wishlist A history of African-American whalers between 1730 and 1880, describing their contributions to the whaling industry and their role in the abolitionist movement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Moby-Dick, or, The white whale more books like this by Herman Melville add to wishlist Misunderstood and unappreciated in its time, Melville's monumental work has become the classic epic of American literature. He tells the dual story of the initiation of young Ishmael, a schoolteacher, into the life of a seaman, and the tragedy of Captain Ahab's obsession with the white whale. The novel begins with a lengthy dissection of the word ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Shallows more books like this by Tim Winton add to wishlist One hundred and fifty years after the establishment of land-based whaling in Australia, its last outpost is Angelus, a small town already struggling for survival. Long-dormant passions are awakened by the arrival of the conservationists, who threaten the town's livelihood and disturb the fragile peace under which its inhabitants live. 'Full of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.47! \| first editions
10	Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling more books like this by Andrew Darby add to wishlist To many, the whale is a majestic mammal, the 'mind in the ocean'. What were once whaling towns have become homes to hordes of devoted whale watchers, and whaling, for the most part, was thought to have been vanquished. It was just a matter of waiting for those few misguided nations still whaling to come to their senses. That never happened. ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Lost Fleet: A Yankee Whaler's Struggle Against the Confederate Navy and Arctic Disaster more books like this by Marc L Songini add to wishlist It's the mid-19th century and the American whaling fleet, the wonder and envy of the maritime nations of the world, is struck by one hammer blow after another. Yankee whalers are contending with icebergs, storms, rogue whales, sharks, hostile natives, and disease. Now conditions are getting even worse, and the chances become ever slimmer a whaling ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $5.75! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Corvette more books like this by Richard Woodman add to wishlist Commander Drinkwater's experience of battle was what mattered when Earl St Vincent entrusted Drinkwater with his new command - as escort to the Arctic whaling fleet on its annual expedition to the Greenland seas. With the French established as masters of the war upon trade, violent action ensued. see all copies from $2.48! new only from $11.56! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex more books like this by Nathaniel Philbrick add to wishlist Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.71! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	In Search of Moby Dick: The Quest for the White Whale more books like this by Timothy Severin, Tim Serverin add to wishlist Tim Severin travels to the island of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia, where Herman Melville ended up in 1842. From his investigations Severin concludes that MOBY-DICK came largely out of that experience and, more specifically, out of the islanders' beliefs about whales. He includes a great deal of information about the Polynesians' methods of whale ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Boundless Deep more books like this by Kate Brallier add to wishlist Liza has long been plagued by vivid dreams of whaling. Offered the chance to trade her landlocked existence for a summer on Nantucket, Liza jumps at the chance. In a single summer, she must answer the riddle of her dreams, and, in doing so, figure out her heart's desire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.29! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Ambassador to the Penguins: A Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship more books like this by Eleanor Mathews add to wishlist In 1912, a young naturalist named Robert Cushman Murphy was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to spend two years on one of the last Yankee whaleships out of New Bedford, on a voyage to Antarctica. During the voyage, Murphy kept a journal, packing it with observations of his experiences on board. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.89! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Pirates! in an Adventure with Ahab more books like this by Gideon Defoe add to wishlist Fresh from their mishaps in "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists," the Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return to capture the Dastardly White Whale, hunted by the moody Ahab, who's promised a hefty reward. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Captain's Best Mate: The Journal of Mary Chipman Lawrence on the Whaler Addison, 1856-1860 more books like this by Mary Chipman Lawrence, Stanton B Garner (Editor) add to wishlist The diary of a wife who, with their five-year old daughter, accompanied her husband on a three-and-a-half year whaling voyage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	Ends of the earth more books like this by Roy Chapman Andrews add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature more books like this by D Graham Burnett add to wishlist In "Moby-Dick", Ishmael declares, 'Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me'. Few readers today know just how much argument Ishmael is waiving aside. In fact, Melville's antihero here takes sides in one of the great controversies of the early nineteenth ... see all copies from $19.00! new only from $27.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920 more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist First US Edition -- The first comprehensive book on whaling wives at sea written for a general audience. see all copies from $2.11! new only from $5.98! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Charles W. Morgan more books like this by John F Leavitt add to wishlist "Out of print for several years, Mystic Seaport's illustrated history of its most significant vessel has been revised and redesigned. This new edition augments John F. Leavitt's text and illustrations with more than 80 photos, most of which document the Morgan's crew at work on the whaling grounds, along with 20 drawings, 10 of them studies of the ... see all copies from $3.38! new only from $16.52! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Water Sky more books like this by Jean Craighead George add to wishlist Lincoln Stonewright is sent by his father from his New England home to live in an Alaskan whaling camp. Totally unprepared for this new life, Lincoln learns that he is part Eskimo. With the help and encouragement of an Eskimo captain, Lincoln gains courage and understanding, but it's his connection with the whale, Nukik, that helps Lincoln ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Moby Dick more books like this by Allan Drummond add to wishlist Drummond has adapted the text, using words f rom the original book by Melville, with lots of speech bubbl es, & tells the story in a series of detailed illustrations. The book is also a fund of information about the wild life at sea in the 18th century. ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.32! \| first editions
25 view cover	Demon of the Waters: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe more books like this by Gregory Gibson add to wishlist The mutiny of the whale-ship "Globe" in the South Pacific in 1825 was one of the goriest incidents in American maritime history and has achieved legendary status in seafaring lore. At the centre of the mutiny was a young man raised in a staunch Nantucket Quaker family, Samuel Comstock, one of the most bizarre and frightening figures who ever went ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.81! \| signed copies \| first editions

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