The Journal of Brian Doyle: A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship cover

The Journal of Brian Doyle: A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship

Author: Murphy, Jim

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.9
Points 6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 39358
Points per Word 0.000152
Page Count 188
Points per Page 0.031915

Description

In 1874, Brian Doyle records in his diary how he ran away from his home in San Francisco, joined the crew of a whaling ship, and endured storms, hostile shipmates, and being stranded in the Arctic.