The Jonah Man - Softcover

Carlisle, Henry

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30 ratings by Goodreads

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ISBN 10: 0140081100 ISBN 13: 9780140081107

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1985

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A farmer's son who has labored long to gain command of a whaling vessel, George Pollard, his first voyage as captain cursed by shipwreck, is treated as a pariah after he and his starving crew follow the "custom of the sea" and cannibalize a shipmate

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About the Author:

Henry Carlisle, the descendent of Nantucket whale-oil merchants, is a writer. His most recently published book was The Idealists, which he wrote with his wife, Olga. He is the author of several novels, including Voyage to the First of December, and The Land Where the Sun Dies. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Review:

"A powerful novel." -- People

"A scintillating tale that is also surprisingly believable. The Jonah Man is a memorable story indeed, a taut novel of man and the sea." -- The Plain Dealer

"The Jonah Man in retelling a great sea chronicle, breathes life into another age, and makes us aware of how much it is our own." -- Newsday

"The sight, the sound, the events, the tangle of kinships of a community that depended on the harsh harvest of whaling are brought to urgent life." -- Mary Lee Settle, author of Charley Bland

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