Pursuing the Leviathan: The Heroic Life of New England Whaling Captain Benjamin Clough - Hardcover
by Paul Magid
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781682473788ISBN-10:1682473783UPC:9781682473788Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Maritime History & Piracy, Aviation & Nautical, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCXJNCED67
Pursuing the Leviathan: The Heroic Life of New England Whaling Captain Benjamin Clough
Set in the golden age of whaling in the nineteenth century, this book brings to life the adventures of Benjamin Clough, best known for single-handedly rescuing the ship Sharon from mutineers in 1842. Clough's heroism earned him a whaling command, which led to a whaling career that for a quarter-century took him into the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans.
The extraordinary event that merite...Language:EnglishPublisher:Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781682473788ISBN-10:1682473783UPC:9781682473788Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Maritime History & Piracy, Aviation & Nautical, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCXJNCED67
Paul Magid, an attorney, military veteran, and former Peace Corps volunteer, has devoted himself to research and writing since his retirement in 1999. After earning a master's degree in writing from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, he began working on the first of a three-volume biography of Maj. Gen. George Crook, a Corps commander in the Civil War and an...
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