PETTICOAT WHALERS: Whaling Wives at Sea - 1820 - 1920
by DRUETT, Joan - with paintings by Ron DRUETT
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- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1869500431
- ISBN 13
- 9781869500436
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About This Item
Auckland, Harper Collins first ediion. - h/c in d.j. This is the colourful tale of the whaling ships that plied the Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctic oceans in the nineteenth century, and the men and women who worked and lived on them. Women? Yes - an extraordinary number did accompany their husband- skippers on their long perilous voyages for many fascinating reasons. This book is about these women and the brawling ports of the nineteenth century. 265 x 195mm., pp. vi, 213, pict. end/p., b/w & col. plates t/out, biblio, index. VG+/VG+ ISBN: 1869500431
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- Bookseller
- EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- PETTICOAT WHALERS: Whaling Wives at Sea - 1820 - 1920
- Author
- DRUETT, Joan - with paintings by Ron DRUETT
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- first ediion. - h/c in d.j.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1869500431
- ISBN 13
- 9781869500436
- Publisher
- Auckland, Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- Auckland
- Date Published
- 1991
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