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Thread #103370 Message #2105344
Posted By: Charley Noble
17-Jul-07 - 04:52 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Come All Ye Would-Be Whalers: new book
Subject: RE: Folklore: Come All Ye Would-Be Whalers: new book
This book is alledged to have been written by one Caleb Crain. Do you suppose we have a time-traveller or a second generation hippie?
I was disappointed to find no reference in the review to the fresh-water whale fisheries in our Great Lakes, an industry which went into rapid decline in the mid 19th century. "Superior Sperm" shall remain one of my favorite traditional whaling songs.