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The journal of Brian Doyle

a greenhorn on an Alaskan whaling ship

by Murphy, Jim

WhalingDiariesSurvivalOcean travelFictionChildren's fictionWhaling, fictionDiaries, fiction

In 1874, Brian Doyle records in his diary how he ran away from his home in San Francisco, joined the crew of a whaling ship, and endured storms, hostile shipmates, and being stranded in the Arctic.

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Book data: Open Library