The True Adventure of Daniel Hall

Description:

For anyone who loves adventure tales, historical stories, or both, here is the incredible true story of a boy who left home at the age of 14 on a whaling voyage--and found more excitement and danger on his trip than most people see in a lifetime. From a bustling New Bedford port to the bleak Siberian wilderness, Diane Stanley traces the path of a young adventurer in a vanished world. Full-color illustrations.

subjects: Travel,  Juvenile literature,  Whaling,  Adventure and adventurers,  Historical fiction,  Whaling, juvenile literature,  Adventure and adventurers, juvenile literature

People: Daniel Hall (b. 1841),  Daniel Weston Hall (b. 1841)