Whalers of the Midnight Sun - Alan Villiers [A Fiction Based on His Experiences] - 1964

Whalers of the Midnight Sun – Alan Villiers [A Fiction Based on His Experiences] – 1964

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Maritime hero Alan Villiers brings his undoubted experience to this adventure book aimed at young boys.

A new edition and first of its type, Angus and Robertson 1964. Octavo, 248 pages with ten full pages illustration from woodcuts by Charles Pont. A little aging to page edges and gift inscription back of half title, nice bright jacket, all up a pretty good copy.

Endpaper maps of the voyage from Hobart, Tasmania down to Macquarie Island; the Balleny Islands; the Ross Sea; Grahams Island before heading north to Montevideo.

A Norwegian expedition picks up some extra crew at Hobart, a motely band of youths and a stow away, little Alfie, who appears at Macquarie Island. Adventure ensues.

Alan Villiers, a yarn about Whaling, from personal experience.

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Whalers of the Midnight Sun – Alan Villiers [A Fiction Based on His Experiences] – 1964

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