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Item Nr: B 102471 Title: THAR SHE BLOWS: AMERICAN WHALING
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: CURRIE, STEPHEN
Length: 96 Prod/Pub: LERNER
Copyright: 2001 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 0 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Subtitle: American Whaling In the Nineteenth Century. History of the whaling industry in the 19th century. Provides an account of how whales were caught and processed, including first-hand accounts from men who worked on whales and the wives who accompanied them. Primary sources. AR level 7.0. Follett RL 6.5. RC 6.9. Lexile 990.

  Subjects:
  595 - HISTORY, MODERN--19TH CENTURY
  1679 - LEXILE 900-999
  1840 - PRIMARY SOURCES
  991 - SHIPS
  1584 - U.S.--HISTORY--19TH CENTURY
  1170 - WHALES
  1171 - WHALING