Title |
Revenge of the whale : : the true story of the whaleship Essex
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Names |
Philbrick, Nathaniel.
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Book Number |
BR014653
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Volume 2.
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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.
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Local Subject |
Juvenile Book - JU
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Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN
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History, United States - HUS
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Young Adult Book - YA
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Short Book - SH
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Adventure Non-Fiction - ADVNF
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Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN
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History - HST
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Sea Stories - SEA
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History, U.S. - 19th Century - HUN
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Braille Book Review, May-Jun 2004 - B304
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Audience Notes |
For grades 6-9.
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Contains violence.
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LC Subject |
Whaleboats - Juvenile literature
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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
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Language |
English
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Released |
2002
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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.)
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Original Publication |
Transcription of: New York G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
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