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THE REVENGE OF AN ANGRY WHALE

In the 1800s, American whaling was a brutal, murderous undertaking. It was carried out by tough crewmen, on tall ships, based in Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts, who were not afraid of huge whales. They were about to learn a frightening lesson. After the American Revolutionary War, whalers had decimated the whale population in Continue Reading »

December 12, 2014, by Publisher | No Comments

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