Phelan, Joseph A.
The whale hunters in pictures, by Joseph Phelan. [Writer: George Constable] - New York, Time-Life Books [1969] - 51 p. illus. (part col.) 21 cm.
Describes a whaling ship, the life and dangers of its crew, the capture and butcher of a sperm whale, and the processing of the blubber that was America's major source of oil until 1860.
76081850
Whaling--Juvenile literature.
Whaling.
SH381 / .P47
639/.28
The whale hunters in pictures, by Joseph Phelan. [Writer: George Constable] - New York, Time-Life Books [1969] - 51 p. illus. (part col.) 21 cm.
Describes a whaling ship, the life and dangers of its crew, the capture and butcher of a sperm whale, and the processing of the blubber that was America's major source of oil until 1860.
76081850
Whaling--Juvenile literature.
Whaling.
SH381 / .P47
639/.28