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George Fox Tucker. The Boy Whaleman
The Boy Whaleman
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. PREPARING FOR THE VOYAGE
CHAPTER II. AT SEA
CHAPTER III. ABOUT WHALES
CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST CHASE
CHAPTER V. CAPTURING AND CUTTING-IN
CHAPTER VI. TRYING-OUT AND ROUNDING THE HORN
CHAPTER VII. RECRUITING AND SHORE LEAVE
CHAPTER VIII. THE PRIZE WHALE AND THE RESCUED BOAT
CHAPTER IX. HONOLULU AND OFF TO THE ARCTIC
CHAPTER X. EXPERIENCES IN THE ARCTIC
CHAPTER XI. HONOLULU AGAIN, AND SEA TALES
CHAPTER XII. THE COAST OF JAPAN AND THE CAROLINES
CHAPTER XIII. WHOSE WHALE WAS IT?
CHAPTER XIV. PITCAIRN ISLAND
CHAPTER XV. THE VISIT TO PITCAIRN
CHAPTER XVI. HOMEWARD BOUND
CHAPTER XVII. SETTLING THE VOYAGE
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George Fox Tucker
Published by Good Press, 2021
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My mother made no reply, but there were tears in her eyes.
It was July and vacation. I was restless and impatient. Hitherto I had worked during vacations for a cooper, doing odd jobs, but now the cooper sent me home with the statement that I was of no use to him. Years afterward my mother told me that she and my father conferred and decided that it was the best course to let me ship, provided my age was not against me.
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