The South Sea Whaler
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Captain Tredeagle takes his children, Walter and Alice, aboard the Champion for what he hopes will be his last whaling voyage. Leaving the Mersey for the Pacific, the family expects years at sea. Walter begins learning navigation and the practical work of a sailor, while Alice studies and helps keep her father's cabin in order. The mate, Jacob Shobbrok, and the steward, Nub, help Alice with needlework, adding a domestic rhythm to shipboard life.
William Henry Giles Kingston combines a family story with a sea adventure for young readers. Lessons in seamanship and observations of ocean life give the voyage its everyday texture, while later scenes place the children and their companions in danger on a raft beside a whale. Readers interested in sailing stories will find a close focus on the habits, knowledge and cooperation needed when life at sea becomes uncertain.
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