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Revenge of the whale : : the true story of the whaleship Essex
| Title | Revenge of the whale : : the true story of the whaleship Essex |
| Names | Philbrick, Nathaniel. |
| Book Number | BR014653 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Braille |
| Download Link | Volume 1. |
| Volume 2. | |
| Annotation | Recounts the 1820 sinking of the Essex by an enraged sperm whale and the survivors' ordeal--including cannibalism. Incorporates a fourteen-year-old cabin boy's account of this marine disaster, which inspired the climactic scenes of Moby Dick. Some violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002. |
| Local Subject | Juvenile Book - JU |
| Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| Young Adult Book - YA | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Adventure Non-Fiction - ADVNF | |
| Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN | |
| History - HST | |
| Sea Stories - SEA | |
| History, U.S. - 19th Century - HUN | |
| Braille Book Review, May-Jun 2004 - B304 | |
| Audience Notes | For grades 6-9. |
| Contains violence. |
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| LC Subject | Whaleboats - Juvenile literature |
| Sperm whale - Juvenile literature |
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| Shipwrecks - Pacific Ocean - Juvenile literature |
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| Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc - Juvenile literature |
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| Survival - Juvenile literature |
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| Call Number | j910.452 JNF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2002 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2002 (Braille International, Inc., transcribing agency. Braille International, Inc., distributor.) |
| Original Publication | Transcription of: New York G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. |