num_pages: 192
description: In Jim Murphy's newest MNIA, Jonathan Dodge runs away from home to escape his father's anger. He joins the crew of a whaling ship headed for Alaska's frozen seas, where he finds danger and adventure.Jim Murphy once again writes an exciting story of a young boy on the cusp of a great, and sometimes violent, world. Jonathan Dodge has run away from his father's house, fleeing his father's wrathful punishments. He signs on as a "greenhorn," a sailor on an Alaskan whaling ship. On the high seas Jonathan finds more adventure and danger than one boy could have hoped for.
language: English
title: The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874
titlecomplete: The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 (My Name Is America)
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Young Adult, Childrens, 19th Century, Diary, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 135
places: Alaska
series: My Name Is America
publisher: Scholastic Inc.