Dangerous Work

Description:

Conan Doyle's diary and log of his time served as a surgeon on a whaling ship in 1880. Annotated, and includes several incidental pieces derived from his experience, including the Sherlock Holmes story *The Adventure of the Black Peter*.

subjects: Scottish Authors,  Description and travel,  Diaries,  Whaling,  Travel,  New York Times reviewed,  Arctic regions, description and travel,  Doyle, arthur conan, sir, 1859-1930,  Authors, biography,  Whaling ships,  History,  Ship physicians,  Hope (Ship : 1873),  Expeditions,  Naval Medicine,  Physicians,  History, 19th Century

People: Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930)

Places: Arctic regions,  Dundee,  Spitzbergen

Times: 1880,  19th century