fighting_whales_librivox Robert Michael Ballantyne audio librivoxaudio audio_bookspoetry opensource_audio <a href="http://librivox.org/">LibriVox</a> recording of Fighting The Whales, by Robert Michael Ballantyne. Read by Lee Elliott. A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction of a now-alien time, occupation, and culture, it's also a rousing adventure story. One is left with the impression that hunting and catching a whale in a sailing ship was akin to you or me being stalked, ambushed, and killed by a shoebox full of mice. (Summary by Lee.) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, please visit <a href="http://librivox.org/">LibriVox.org</a>. 2007-05-02 2007 LibriVox; literature; audiobook; ballantyne; whaling; adventure http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 2007-05-02 21:30:13 info@librivox.org librivoxbooks librivoxbooks librivoxbooks 2007-05-02 21:40:35 2007-05-02 21:47:49 2007-05-02 22:08:50 LibriVox Librivox recording of a public-domain text 2007-05-02 22:26:34 librivoxbooks