Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.7
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
14075
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
89
Points per Page
0.022472
Description
An account of American whaling using excerpts from diaries, ships' logs, letters, and other documents written by the men and women who participated in the industry during the nineteenth century.