The Yankee whaler : the diary of Thomas Morris, Bunbury W.A. 1876

by Deborah Lisson

Paper Book, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

A823.3

Series

My Australian Story (1876)
My Story

Tags

Australian, Australian History

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

Lindfield, N.S.W. : Scholastic Press, 2001.

Description

Thomas dreams of escaping his bleak life in a small town and becoming a world-famous journalist. Guided by his adventurous spirit and insatiable curiosity, he smuggles himself aboard an American whaling ship, and finds himself caught up in one of the most daring escape plans in Australian history. Ages 10+.

Subjects

Fenians Juvenile fiction
Whaling Western Australia Juvenile fiction

Awards

Western Australian Premier's Book Awards (Children's Book — 2001)

Language

English

Original publication date

2001

Physical description

170 p.; 22 cm

ISBN

1865044385 / 9781865044385

Similar in this library

A Tale of Two Families : The Diary of Jan Packard, Melbourne 1974 by Jenny Pausacker
Escape from Cockatoo Island by Yvette Poshoglian
Fortunate Life by Facey A.B.
Pyramid of Secrets (My Story) by Jim Eldridge
Pompeii (My Story) by Sue Reid
24 more
Marathon of Her Own, A: The Diary of Sophia Krikonis, Melbourne, 1956 (My story) by Irini Savvides
A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne, 1918-1919 by Kerry Greenwood
My Story, Fords and Flying Machines: The Diary of Jack McLaren (Longreach 1919-1921) by Patricia Bernard
Roman Invasion (My Story) by Jim Eldridge
Viking Blood; A Viking Warrior AD 1008 (My Story) by Andrew Donkin
Anne Boleyn and Me (My Story) by Alison Prince
Princess of Egypt - An Egyptian Girl's Diary 1490 BC (My Story) by Vince Cross
Bloody Tower (My Royal Story) by Valerie Wilding
Wartime Princess (My Royal Story) by Valerie Wilding
Plagues and Federation: the Diary of Kitty Barnes, The Rocks, Sydney, 1900 by vashti-farrer
War Nurse (My Story) by Sue Reid
The Great Plague; The Diary of Alice Payton, London 1665-1666 (My Story) by Pamela Oldfield
Who am I? The Diary of Mary Talence, Cydney 1937 by Mary Talence
My Story Surviving Sydney Cove the Diary of Elizabeth Harvey by Goldie Alexander
My Story - the Bombing of Darwin by Alan Tucker
Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136 (The Royal Diaries) by Kristiana Gregory
Our Enemy, My Friend : The Diary of Emma Shelldrake - My Story
The Silver Donkey by Hartnett Sonya
Seven Little Australians (Australian children's classics) by Ethel Turner
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. (The Royal Diaries) by Kristiana Gregory
D-day (My Story) by Bryan Perrett
The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 (The Royal Diaries) by Kathryn Lasky
Our Don Bradman : the diary of Victor McDonald, Sydney, 1932 by Peter Allen
U-boat Hunter (My Story) by Bryan Perrett

More

Amazon.comLibraryThing
Page: 1.004 seconds