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Title: Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books) by Pat McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack, Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick, Jr. McKissack ISBN: 0590483137 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 5
Summary: New Bedford's untold history
Comment: This book is indeed a must read and should be made a prerequisite for all that read Moby Dick. I found this book to be a riveting account of whaling and the importance that people of color visited upon this industry. I was very much overcome with emotions with every turn of the page as I learned how many of my ancestors came to live in New Bedford, MA and what they must have endured.
Rating: 2
Summary: Very Educational....
Comment: I don't think the real point of Black Hands, White Sails was to teach you about whalers. It was more or less another book about the struggle of blacks in America. There's only so much a person can read about whaling. I learned a lot while reading this book, and it had a lot of information in it. I reccommed for those insterested in the struggle of blacks or fans of whales. If you don't like either of these, try going to the library and reading a little first.
Rating: 5
Summary: Must Read for black historians and Whale buffs.
Comment: This book is a must read for black historians, civil war historians, and whale experts, which I am. I was completely unaware of the presence and dynamics of the life of black whalers. The serious risks of whaling far outweighed the risks of abduction by slave patrollers or even a life burdened by segregation and discrimination. I was particularily interested in the use and abuse of whale ships in the Civil war. A stone fleet of 15 whaling ships from the North were loaded with stones and sunk in Charleston harbor in an attempt to block the harbor in 1861. The attempt failed because the waters were too deep. Sountherners then became hell bent on destroying whale boats. The Confederate steamer Alabama sunk over 70 whale boats during the war. The Shenandoah sunk 34 more after the war. Black heroes and self made men are hailed, as well as those who were cannibalized by hungry crew in desparate times. I couldn't put this book down.
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Title: Shattering Glass by Gail Giles ISBN: 0761315810 Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Lady: My Life as a Bitch by Melvin Burgess ISBN: 0805071482 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Stephen Alcorn ISBN: 015201005X Publisher: Gulliver Books Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack, Jerry Pinkney ISBN: 0689818858 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet by Katie Hafner ISBN: 0684832674 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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