Project Gutenberg 2007-04-22 Public domain in the USA. 74 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) 1825 1894 Ballantyne, Robert Michael Fighting the Whales Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Al Haines "Fighting the Whales" by R. M. Ballantyne is a novel written in the early 20th century. This adventure story follows a young boy named Robert Ledbury, who, driven by the need to support his ailing mother, ends up embarking on a whaling voyage in the South Seas. The tale explores the exciting and perilous life at sea, detailing battles with massive sperm whales, as well as the camaraderie and rough existence of the whalemen. At the start of the novel, Robert struggles against poverty in his seaport town and is determined to secure a livelihood for himself and his mother after losing their last savings. He meets Tom Lokins, a seasoned sailor who offers him a chance to join a whaling expedition. Robert accepts the opportunity, and soon finds himself at sea, confronted with the awe-inspiring and terrifying task of hunting whales. The opening chapters introduce his challenges as he adapts to the dangers of whaling, including vivid descriptions of encounters with these colossal sea creatures and the manly culture of the crew. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Natural history -- Juvenile fiction Sailors -- Juvenile fiction Whaling -- Juvenile fiction Whalers (Persons) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 167455 164597 2024-10-09T09:18:09.990053 2023-09-09T11:01:12.514288 text/html text/html 161302 2007-04-22T14:36:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 224930 2021-01-02T16:00:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 233624 2024-10-09T09:18:13.495038 application/epub+zip 235236 2024-10-09T09:18:10.779041 application/epub+zip 103679 2024-10-09T09:18:10.389042 application/epub+zip 294974 2024-10-09T09:18:15.624012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282570 2024-10-09T09:18:13.030027 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151040 2022-09-10T06:10:44.409915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145377 145366 2024-10-09T09:18:09.597056 2023-09-09T11:01:12.188286 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 145201 2021-01-02T16:00:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55676 2021-01-02T16:00:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21332 2024-10-09T09:18:15.752008 application/rdf+xml 19763 2024-10-09T09:18:10.458034 image/jpeg 3326 2024-10-09T09:18:10.423039 image/jpeg 225450 2024-10-09T09:18:10.014052 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia