Title: Whaling
First published: 1924
Description: "the first whalemen of whom  we have record; the growth of the European whaling  industry, and of its offspring, the American whaling  industry; primitive whaling among the savages of North  America; the various manners and means of taking  whales in all parts of the world and in all times of its  history; the extraordinary adventures and mishaps  that have befallen whalemen the seas over; the economic and social conditions that led to the rise of whaling  and hastened its decline; and, in conclusion, the present state of the once flourishing and lucrative industry."
Subjects: Whaling, whalemen, whales