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Title: Terrific 175 year old Whaling tale- Basis of Moby Dick!
Review: An absolute stunner ,beginning with the history of whaling in Nantucket, an island settled by Quakers in the 1600's. Though 1 or 2 other reviewers suggest the meanness of the crew, I would state that, given the horrendous circumstances, all 18 showed a great degree of comraderie. Traveling through the Atlantic and Pacific ocean with a few stops in S. America and the Galapagos, their ship is attacked by sunk an angry whale, who may have sought revenge for the whaler's attacks on his fellow sperm whales. Splitting into 3 groups in small whaling boats, the survivors do everything feasible to stay together and stay alive, though 3 (smart ones) decide to remain on the proverbial desert island. while others continue their awe-inspiring voyage. If cannibalism repels you, as it does us all, here is a situation where this beastliness was actually condoned. All in all, a great book, destined to be a classic!
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