"The Voyage of the F.H. Moore" and Other 19th Century Whaling Accounts

by Charles Henry Robbins, Francis Allyn Olmsted, Samuel Grant Williams, et al.

In 1873, 21-year-old Sam Williams embarked on a whaling journey on the two-masted F.H. Moore--he steered one of the boats and threw the harpoon. He kept a personal log and reworked it into this never-before-published manuscript, now supplemented by additional research and relevant excerpts of the ship's official logbook.

Complementing this are excerpts from three other accounts of whaling voyages: Incidents of a Whaling Voyage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786478667
• ISBN13: 9780786478668
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher