Amazon.co.uk: Whalehunters: Dundee and the Arctic Whalers: Malcolm Archibald: Books

Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Mercat Press (15 May 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1841830658
ISBN-13: 978-1841830650
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm
Average Customer Review: (2 customer reviews)
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 483,946 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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The Scots Magazine
‘An eminently readable book which will be a valuable reference source.’

The Shetland Times
'… highly recommended to all readers—add this one to your collection.'

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Fascinating, 25 May 2005

By	"helenswift12" - See all my reviews

I am not normally a fan of nautical books, but this one was different. It includes the life of the whalers wives and even their children as well as the hardships of teh whaler's lives. I did not know that some whaling captain's took their wives with them. I was also intrigued to learn that some Scottish whalers also had wives among the Inuit.
This book gives a new angle on social history

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Brilliant, 2 Jun 2005

By	calum gillespie (Dundee) - See all my reviews

A tour de force of an ancient industry that, thankfully, is now gone. A book of hardships and danger, of losses and bravery. Overall a book about people, the men and boys who went whaling and the women that they left behind, or who sometimes came along too.
Not to be missed

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