PETTICOAT WHALERS, Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820 - 1920,
by Joan Druett, with paintings by Ron Druett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Three pages have ballpoint underlining (pps 7, 9, 11). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1869500431
- ISBN 13
- 9781869500436
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Collins New Zealand, Auckland - ISBN:1869500431 first edition 1991 hardcover, 7½" x 10½", with dust jacket Three pages have ballpoint underlining (pps 7, 9, 11). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here are the colourful tales of the men and women who worked on whaling ships in the Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans in the nineteenth century. Many women accompanied their skipper-husbands on their long and hazardous voyages, despite the dangers and the brutality of the trade. Learn of their experiences on board the windjammer whalers and the brawling ports in New Zealand, Hawaii, Australia, Chile and Peru, as well as a host of exotic islands. Illustrated with many photos and drawings.
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- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40995
- Title
- PETTICOAT WHALERS, Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820 - 1920,
- Author
- Joan Druett, with paintings by Ron Druett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 7½" x 10½", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Three pages have ballpoint underlining (pps 7, 9, 11). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1869500431
- ISBN 13
- 9781869500436
- Publisher
- Collins New Zealand, Auckland - ISBN:1869500431 first edition
- Place of Publication
- Auckland
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 214 pages
- Keywords
- Whaling whalemen's wives women Bay of islands blubber Cape Horn Sperm Whales
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McCrae, Victoria
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