Summary

This antiquarian book contains a fictional account of the narrator's experiences hunting whales. This delightful tale of nautical derring-do and bravery was designed as an exciting story for children. It makes for a great bedtime story full of imaginative and adventurous episodes for your little ones, and will also prove to be an amusing and fun-to-read text for parents.

Chapters

The chapters of this text include: In trouble, To Begin With; At Sea; Our First Battle; Cutting In The Blubber and Trying Out The Oil; A Storm, A Man Overboard, and a Rescue; The Whale - Fighting Bulls, Etc.; Tom's Wisdom - Another Great Battle; Death on the Sea; News From Home - A Gam, and Return Home.

This book was written by Richard Michael Ballantyne, and was first published in 1886.