Using
Whaling as a Curriculum Resource
A Selected Bibliography for Teachers
Primary
Sources
Actual
accounts by 19th-century whalers and sailors, meant for
adult audiences but relatively accessible. Suitable for
excerpting to give students a chance to work with primary
historical materials.
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Martha
Brown. She Went A-Whaling. The journal
of the pious wife of the captain of the Lucy Ann,
1847-1849. Not a gifted writer, but her short daily
entries give a real “feel” of the time.
(Oysterponds Historical Society, 1993)
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Capt.
William Barron. Old Whaling Days. Account
of his several Greenland whaling voyages, beginning
in 1849. (Conway Classics, 1996) |
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William
Jones, ed. Nineteenth Century Whaling Tales.
Reprints of excellent articles from 19th century magazine,
with their original illustrations. (Vistabooks, 1996)
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Owen
Chase. Narratives of the Wreck of the Whale
Ship Essex. A harrowing account of survival
by the first mate of a ship sunk by a whale in 1819.
(Dover, 1989) |
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Elisha
Dexter. Narrative of the Wreck and Loss of the
Whaling Brig William and Joseph. Short and
very accessible, with an appendix describing whaling;
first published in 1848. (Ye Galleon Press)
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Stuart
Frank. Meditations from Steerage: Two Whaling
Journal Fragments. Well edited and illustrated
essays on whaling by boatsteerer Dean Wright of the
Benjamin Rush, 1841-45 and journal of steward
John Jones of the Eliza Adams, 1852. (Kendall
Whaling Museum, 1991) |
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Mary
Chipman Lawrence. The Captain’s Best Mate.
Journal of captain’s wife on a Pacific voyage
of the whaler Addison, accompanied by her young
daughter, 1856-1860. (University Press of New England,
1996) |
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Pamela
Miller. And the Whale is Ours: Creative Writing
of American Whalemen. A delightful collection
of tales and poems from whaling journals, with background
and editorial commentary. (Kendall Whaling Museum,
1979) |
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J.
C. Mullett. A Five Years’ Whaling Voyage
1848-1853. Accessible tale of a Pacific voyage,
illustrated with modern drawings. (Ye Galleon Press,
1977) |
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Charles
Newhall. The Adventures of Jack, or a Life on
the Wave. Short, easy, engaging memoir first
published by the author in 1859. (Ye Galleon Press,
1981) |
Curriculum
Materials
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Patricia
Custard. The Journal of Samuel Mills.
Fictional journal of an 1850s whaling voyage interspersed
with whale and nautical facts and suggested classroom
activities. Suitable for elementary grades. (Columbia
River Maritime Museum, 1997)
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Mary
Malloy. From Boston Harbor We Set Sail!
A curriculum-unit on African-American mariners
and maritime communities in Massachusetts. Loose-leaf,
richly illustrated, gives good overview of whaling.
Suitable for upper elementary and middle school. (Kendall
Whaling Museum / Museum of Afro American History,
1992) |
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Mary
Malloy. Whaling Brides and Whaling Brothers:
The Lawrences of Falmouth. Accessible local
history, section for teachers. (Falmouth Historical
Society, 1997) |
About
African Americans
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Nathan
Aaseng. Black Inventors. Interesting,
simply written profiles of ten inventors, including
Lewis Temple,
inventor of the toggle harpoon. (Facts on File, 1997)
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Jeffrey
Bolster. Black Jacks. Thorough treatment
of black mariners in America for a teacher who wants
to build a curriculum unit. (Harvard, 1997)
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Mary
Malloy. African Americans in the Maritime Trades:
A Guide to Resources in New England. (Kendall
Whaling Museum, 1990) |
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Mary
Malloy. “Heroes in the Ships”: African
Americans in the Whaling Industry. (Kendall
Whaling Museum online exhibition) |
Written
For Children
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American
Heritage Junior Library. The Story of Yankee
Whaling. Comprehensive, richly illustrated,
fascinating; out of print but we have some left. (Troll)
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Robert
Baldwin. New England Whaler. “American
Pastfinder” history series, illustrated with
colored drawings. (Lerner, 1996)
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Cobblestone
Magazine. Whaling in America. Vol. 5,
No. 4 (April 1984). |
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Cobblestone
Magazine. The Seafaring Life. Vol. 9,
No. 4 (April 1988). |
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Bobbie
Kalman. Arctic Whales and Whaling. History
to present, includes Eskimo whaling and information
on whales. Beautifully illustrated. (Crabtree, 1993)
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Geraldine
McCaughran. Herman Melville’s Moby Dick
well adapted and illustrated for older children.
(Oxford, 1996)
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