The Two Whalers; Or, Adventures in the Pacific
1879
The Two Whalers; Or, Adventures in the Pacific
1879
Jack has never seen beyond the white cliffs of Deal, but his brother Bill has returned from the Pacific with salt in his veins and stories that set Jack's heart ablaze. The sea calls, and answer it he does: off to nautical college, then aboard the whaler Eagle under Captain Hake, bound for waters where the stars look different and danger wears many faces. Rough weather tests his sea legs. Mutineers and pirates test his courage. And in fellow apprentice Andrew Medley, Jack finds the kind of friendship forged in storm and trial that only the ocean can produce. Kingston writes with the intimate knowledge of a man who knew these waters, capturing the brutal beauty of whaling life, the vast loneliness of the Pacific, and the unshakable bond between boys who become men before they expect to. This is adventure as the Victorians understood it: not gentle, but formative.
