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Title: Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season

Synopsis
In this exciting and thought-provoking historical look at a massive Arctic sea wreck, Peter Nichols traces the dramatic end of the whale oil industry in the 1870s. Nichols anchors his narrative of adventurous seamen and ambitious businessmen (most notably Quaker brothers George and Matthew Howland) by focusing on William Fish Williams, the son of a whaling captain, who at the age of 12 was on one of the ships that crashed in the frozen northern waters.

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Language:        English

Size
Weight:        0.5 Pounds
Height:         5.5 Inches
Width:          6.3 Inches
Thickness:    1 Inches



Publisher Notes
Documents the 1871 decimation of a fleet of whaling ships in an arctic ice storm and the event's irrevocable impact on oil, tracing the industry's founding by Quaker merchants and the role of blubber-derived oil in revolutionizing New England commerce. Simultaneous.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season and it was written by Peter Nichols, Norman Dietz (Narrator). This edition of Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season is in a Audio format. This books publish date is October 2009 and it has a suggested retail price of $34.99. There are pages in the book and it was published by Tantor Media Inc. The 10 digit ISBN is 1400112540 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9781400112548. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.