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A Year with a Whaler

by Walter Noble Burns

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". . . The beast plunged into the air, snarling and clawing at the sea, then rushed again for the boat like a white streak. It rammed into the boat bows-on, stuck one mighty paw over the gunwale, and with a snarling roar and a frothing snap of glistening fangs, leaped up and tried to climb aboard. . . ."Walter Noble Burns (1866-1932) was a writer of Western history and a Western author, notable for his book, The Saga of Billy the Kid (1926). In 1913 he published "A Year with a Whaler" which was hailed by critics for its vivid descriptions of a whaler's life.Out of sheer desire to see what it w...

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