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In the Heart of the Sea

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1. Sections for research are:
            
Psychology Reference 150.3 and 170.3
             Ship Building 623.82
             Whaling 639.28

2. Specific reference titles you may want to use:

Call #

Author

Title

331.63 COH

Cohn, Michael

Black men of the sea

387 LAI

Laing, Alexander

The American heritage history of seafaring America

387.2 ABR

Abranson, Erik

Ships and seafarers

387.2 CAR

Carse, Robert

Early American boats

387.2 DOR

Dorset, Phyllis Flanders

Historic ships afloat

387.2 WAR

Ward, Ralph T

Ships through history

387.2 WIL

Wilbur, C. Keith

Tall ships of the world : an illustrated encyclopedia

551.46 DUX

Duxbury, Alyn C.,

An introduction to the world's oceans

551.46 GUE

Guerrini, Francesco

The great book of the sea : a complete guide to marine life

611 ROA

Roach, Mary

Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers

639.28 ELL

Ellis, Richard

Men and whales

639.28 MUR

Murphy, Jim

Gone a-whaling : the lure of the sea and the hunt for the great whale

979.4 MUR

Reed Murphy, Virginia

Across the plains in the Donner Party

979.4 STE

Stewart, George Rippey

Ordeal by hunger : the story of the Donner Party

979.403 CAL

Calabro, Marian

The perilous journey of the Donner party

 


3. Research Databases:

For Literature-related topics
For History-related topics
For Science and/or Health-related topics

4. Internet URL's you may want to use:
           
Voyage of the Odyssey
            The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex
            The Loss of the Ship Essex  This is a link to this book by Thomas Nickerson, but if you will
              click through the "Excerpt" pages you will find some valuable information.
            International Whaling Commission
            Nantucket Whaling Museum and Historical Sites
            Whaling Links on the Web

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