Sealers & Whalers in New Zealand Waters by Don Grady.

Sealers & Whalers in New Zealand Waters by Don Grady.

Publisher: Reed Methuen, Auckland, New Zealand, 1986. FIRST EDITION.

Very good hardback, minor scuff marks to edges, with jacket. A little fading & rubbing to edges, small close tear to top of spine, no inscriptions, pages excellent. Jacket has some fading to spine, a little chipping to edges.
307 pages. Numerous b/w photos.

For the men who came into southern Pacific waters in search of whales and seals, life was full of cruel hardship. The rugged coastlines and tempestuous storms were as bad as any in the world, and the perils of harpooning whales in small open boats were not made easier by the treacherous, chilly ocean. Discipline aboard ship was always brutal and life ashore was lawless and violent. When they did find peace and safety, the sealers and whalers also suffered deprivation and loneliness. But for all the mutiny, murder and maroonings, the floggings, the debauchery of shore life, the disease and illness and occasional cannibalism, the lives of sealers and whalers have always held a kind of romantic attraction.

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