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Description
This book discusses everyday life, duties, ports of call, foods, meals, cooking methods, and holidays of whaling ship crews in the early to mid - 1800s.
Quick Summary
Dive into the galley of a 19th-century whaling ship and discover how sailors turned shark liver into pancakes, kept food from rotting for months, and celebrated holidays with bizarre feasts. Readers will love the gross-out factor of eating weevils, the surprising recipes from ports around the world, and the creative tricks sailors used to survive years at sea with limited supplies. If your kid loves the historical humor and yucky details in "Horrible Histories" or enjoys peek-at-how-people-really-lived books, they'll devour this tasty slice of maritime life. Perfect for curious middle graders in grades 4 to 7 who crave real history with an unexpected twist.