A Year with a Whaler

A Year with a Whaler

A Year with a WhalerWhen the brig Alexander sailed out of San Francisco on a whaling voyage...
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Author: Burns, Walter Noble,1872-1932
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Language: English
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A Year with a Whaler

A Year with a Whaler

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A Year with a Whaler

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Burns, Walter Noble,1872-1932
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Year with a Whaler

When the brig Alexander sailed out of San Francisco on a whaling voyage a few years ago, I was a member of her forecastle crew. Once outside the Golden Gate, I felt the swing of blue water under me for the first time in my life. I was not shanghaied. Let's have that settled at the start. I had shipped as a green hand before the mast for the adventure of the thing, because I wanted to go, for the glamor of the sea was upon me. Until that moment I had never dreamed of[ 12 ] going to sea, but that small "ad." laid its spell upon my imagination. It was big with the lure of strange lands and climes, romance and fresh experiences. What did it matter that I had passed all my humdrum days on dry land? "No experience necessary!" There were the magic words staring me in the face. I gulped down my eggs and coffee and was off for the street called Washington. Levy's was a ship's outfitting store. A "runner" for the housea hulking man with crafty eyes and a face almost as red as his hair and mustachemet me as I stepped in the door. He looked me over critically. His visual inventory must have been satisfactory. I was young. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 63211
Author: Burns, Walter Noble
Release Date: Sep 15, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English

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