Logbook for Grace: Whaling brig Daisy, 1912-1913 (Time reading program special edition) [Paperback]

Robert Cushman Murphy (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 371 pages
• Publisher: Time-Life Books (1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809438321
• ISBN-13: 978-0809438327
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,053,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I wonder what Grace made of this?, June 3, 2007

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David Hill (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This book is like a real-life version of Moby Dick, minus the white whale. Mr Murphy seems torn between wanting to protect his new bride (Grace) from the gorier aspects of the voyage and providing the reader with an objective record.

The book is best at the beginning when everything is new and exciting. Towards the end there are more lists and I began to skip pages. It was worth reading though, and proof, were it needed, that whaling is a gruesome activity which we would be better off without.