The Last American Whaler: A somewhat fictional account of a seafaring pioneer

Once there were as many as 750 American whaling ships plying the oceans searching for their mighty prey. In those days whaling was a substantial part of the economies of such New England communities as Nantucket and provided the base for some of the great American stories of adventure on the high seas. By the middle of the twentieth century, the whaling industry dwindled down to a precious few whaling adventurers along the northwest coast of California. This is a story of one of those adven...