Project Gutenberg 2014-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 220 Macy, William Hussey 1826 1891 Macy, W. H. (William Hussey) Macy, Wm. H. (William Hussey) There She Blows! Or, The Log of the Arethusa Produced by Giovanni Fini andThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "There She Blows! Or, The Log of the Arethusa" by William Hussey Macy is a nautical adventure narrative written in the late 19th century. This book presents a series of illustrated sketches based on real events from the author’s own experiences at sea, particularly in the whaling industry. The narrative introduces readers to the life of a young man who, eager for adventure and influenced by his study of seafaring tales, embarks on a whaling voyage aboard the Arethusa. At the start of the journey, the protagonist, a fresh-faced youth of eighteen, arrives in New York City and makes the decision to join a whaling expedition. He encounters a shipping agent, Mr. Ramsay, who presents the exhilarating life of a whaleman filled with potential adventure and financial reward. Upon boarding the Lydia Ann, the ship that will take him to Nantucket, he meets a colorful crew of fellow aspiring sailors, each with their own backgrounds and motivations. The opening chapters set the stage for the subsequent journey, shedding light on the initial excitement and challenges of life at sea, including youthful naivete, sea sickness, and the camaraderie among the crew as they prepare to set sail on their whaling adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46390/46390-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Whaling -- Fiction Sea stories PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 540146 2025-08-18T16:15:30.229584 text/html 525045 2024-10-24T09:19:58 text/html 399876 2025-08-18T16:15:36.963495 application/epub+zip 403992 2025-08-18T16:15:31.276491 application/epub+zip 285266 2025-08-18T16:15:30.774522 application/epub+zip 557678 2025-08-18T16:15:41.538519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506342 2025-08-18T16:15:36.391455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388661 2022-09-21T06:08:40.057837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495763 2025-08-18T16:15:29.602491 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 475837 2024-10-24T09:19:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16663 2025-08-18T16:15:41.690450 application/rdf+xml 21250 2025-08-18T16:15:30.858488 image/jpeg 2843 2025-08-18T16:15:30.816524 image/jpeg 369949 2025-08-18T16:15:30.292546 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog