Fighting the Whales
by R. M. Ballantyne
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Whalers (Persons) -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21202
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21202
- Release Date
- April 22, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Cover Art — Fighting the Whales — By
- 2.R. M. Ballantyne — Blackie & Son Ltd. London —— Glasgow —— Bombay 1915
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — Fighting the Whales . . . . . . Cover Art — "Tom Lokins raised the harpoon" — "Hurled it blazing into the sea" — "In a moment I was overboard" — FIGHTING THE WHALES — CHAPTER I — IN TROUBLE, TO BEGIN WITH — CHAPTER II — AT SEA — CHAPTER III — OUR FIRST BATTLE — "TOM LOKINS RAISED THE HARPOON" — CHAPTER IV — "CUTTING IN" THE BLUBBER AND "TRYING OUT" THE OIL — CHAPTER V — A STORM, A MAN OVERBOARD, AND A RESCUE — "HURLED IT BLAZING INTO THE SEA" — CHAPTER VI — THE WHALE—FIGHTING BULLS, ETC. — CHAPTER VII — TOM'S WISDOM—ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE — "IN A MOMENT I WAS OVERBOARD" — CHAPTER VIII — DEATH ON THE SEA — CHAPTER IX — NEWS FROM HOME—A GAM — CHAPTER X — RETURN HOME
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