Author: Hall, Daniel Weston, edited by Jeerome Beatty, Jr.,
Title: Arctic Rovings or the adventures of a New Bedford boy on sea and land.
Description: NY, Wm. R. Scott Inc., 1968. G ex-library. In 1856 14 yr old Daniel Hall put his name to shipping papers for a proposed 3 yr voyage on the whaling ship Condor. Due to. the cruelty of the captain, Daniel jumped ship and landed on the coast of Siberia with winter coming on. He learned Russian, ate horsemeat & almost died of wounds inflicted by the captain. A year later he was picked up by another whaler and came home to New Bedford. Usual library markings, ft end page tape repaired.

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