Of Whales And Men

By R.B. Robertson and Robert Blackwood Robertson

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1125252332
• ISBN13: 9781125252338
• Release Date: January 1954
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Simply the best read ever

I still can't believe that a book about whaling would be the best read i ever had. Written by a medical doctor, it narrates the daily life on board a whaling ship in the 50's. A way of life and times long gone, but amazingly interesting. Got two copies of it, one to lend to friends, one that will never leave my bedside. A real treasure of a book.

Adventures from another era

In the 1960s worked on a Norwegian whaler and later out of Valparaiso in Chile in the fishing grounds described in this book. It is a very good insight into that whole life - a life that is all but gone now. It was tough work and you met real 'characters' and this book gives you a first-hand insight into that life. In today's world where so may people are office-bound it is refreshing to read of such adventurous times. Dr Robertson's writing is a bit formal but it is of the era and overall this book is a great read.

Reader from Israel

Very good book , probably one of a kind , recommend highly.