Ahab's Trade: The Saga of South Seas Whaling
- ISBN-10
- 1865084476
- ISBN-13
- 9781865084473
- Category
- Sealing
- Pages
- 393
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Author
- Granville Allen Mawer
Description
Captain Ahab's obsession with the white whale will seem like a minor eccentricity compared to the tales in this beautifully written adventure story about life on the high seas.
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