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Located in: Cedar Grove, West Virginia, United States

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Seller Notes: “slight edge wear to boards and jacket; In 1912, a young naturalist named Robert Cushman Murphy was ... “slight edge wear to boards and jacket; In 1912, a young naturalist named Robert Cushman Murphy was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to spend a year on one of the last Yankee whaleships out of New Bedford, on a voyage to the Antarctic. During the voyage, Murphy not only collected specimens and took photographs, developing them in seawater, but kept a journal that was later published and became a bestseller. Now, Eleanor Mathews, his granddaughter, has now taken Murphy's diary and supplementing it with his own original photographs, to present this fascinating story for modern readers. As a portrait of seafaring life, of the whaling industry still under sail, and an account of a natural history expedition, it is a unique window into a vanished time.”

Features: Dust Jacket

Intended Audience: Adults

Edition: First Edition

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

ISBN: 9781567922462

Book Title: Ambassador to the Penguins : a Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship

Item Length: 9in

Publisher: Godine Publisher, David R.

Publication Year: 2003

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 1.3in

Author: Eleanor Mathews

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History

Topic: Polar Regions, Adventurers & Explorers

Item Width: 6.3in

Item Weight: 22.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 353 Pages

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In 1912, a young naturalist named Robert Cushman Murphy was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to spend a year on one of the last Yankee whaleships out of New Bedford, on a voyage to the Antarctic. During the voyage, Murphy not only collected specimens and took photographs, developing them in seawater, but kept a journal that was later published and became a bestseller. Now, Eleanor Mathews, his granddaughter, has now taken Murphy's diary and supplementing it with his own original photographs, to present this fascinating story for modern readers. As a portrait of seafaring life, of the whaling industry still under sail, and an account of a natural history expedition, it is a unique window into a vanished time.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Godine Publisher, David R.

ISBN-10

1567922465

ISBN-13

9781567922462

eBay Product ID (ePID)

5936978

Product Key Features

Book Title

Ambassador to the Penguins : a Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship

Author

Eleanor Mathews

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Topic

Polar Regions, Adventurers & Explorers

Publication Year

2003

Genre

Biography & Autobiography, History

Number of Pages

353 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

9in

Item Height

1.3in

Item Width

6.3in

Item Weight

22.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number

G850 1912.M8m38 2003

2003

Target Audience

Trade

Lccn

2003-013721

Dewey Decimal

508.98/9

Dewey Edition

Illustrated

Yes

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