Whale port : a history of tuckanucket

Long before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A few brave Colonial farmers left their fields and headed out to sea to chase whales and profits farther and farther off shore. When they did, to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foster, Mark
Format: EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: HarperCollins 2007
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