The Cruise of the Cachalot is an 1898 semi-autobiographical travel narrative by Frank T. Bullen that depicts a whaling expedition from a seaman's perspective. After its initial publication, the book sold well amongst readers, and was well liked.[1] The work was included on a number of early 20th century primary and secondary school reading lists,[2] and Rudyard Kipling's letters include reference to his having read the work with his children.[3]
Mention in popular culture: In the Canadian novel, Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies, set in 1908, the older brother, Willie, of the narrator, Dunstan Ramsay, is reading The Cruise of the "Cachalot" in an early domestic scene.
References edit
- ^ Schell, Jennifer (2013). "Preface: "A Bold and Hardy Race of Men"". "A Bold and Hardy Race of Men": The Lives and Literature of American Whalemen. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. pp. ix–xiv. ISBN 9781613762738. Retrieved 7 Jul 2015 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ S. C. Garrisona; Lector Hackworth (1931). "A comparison of ten book lists for children's reading". Peabody Journal of Education. 9 (2): 102–111. doi:10.1080/01619563109535059.
- ^ Shires, Linda M. (2015). "Mutual Adaptation in Rudyard Kipling's Letters to His Children and Just So Stories". Children's Literature. 43: 182–207. doi:10.1353/chl.2015.0015.
Further reading edit
- Hunt, William R. (1971). "Nautical Autobiography in the Age of Sail". The Mariner's Mirror. 57 (2): 135–142. doi:10.1080/00253359.1971.10658590.