- ISBN: 9780865262423 | 086526242X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/1/1990
Traces the history of whaling in the state from the 17th century until World War I. Includes a number of colorful accounts of local whaling around the Shackleford Banks in the latter half of the 19th century and a vivid description of the "Mayflower," North Carolina's best-known whale.