Joan Druett





Joan Druett

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Back in the year 1984, on the picture-poster tropical island of Rarotonga, I literally fell into whaling history when I tumbled into a grave. A great tree had been felled by a recent hurricane, exposing a gravestone that had been hidden for more than one and a half centuries. It was the memorial to a young whaling wife, who had sailed with her husband on the New Bedford ship Harrison in the year 1845. And so my fascination with maritime history was triggered ... resulting in 18 books (so far). The latest -- number nineteen -- is a biography of a truly extraordinary man, Tupaia, star navigator and creator of amazing art.


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Over 40% sounds like a wonderful increase in annual sales

But according to the Christian Science Monitor, it is not.

The good news: The number of e-books sold last year grew by 43 percent.

The bad news: After three years of triple-digit increases in sales, that’s a serious slowdown.
That’s the latest news from the Association of American Publishers, which released its annual BookStats study Wednes... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 19, 2013 23:30
Average rating: 3.77 · 818 ratings · 187 reviews · 21 distinct works · Similar authors
Island of the Lost: Shipwre...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 413 ratings3 editions
She Captains: Heroines and ...
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions
In the Wake of Madness: The...
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
A Watery Grave (Wiki Coffin...
3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
Rough Medicine: Surgeons at...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions
Shark Island (Wiki Coffin M...
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
Deadly Shoals (Wiki Coffin ...
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007
Petticoat Whalers: Whaling ...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions
Tupaia: The Remarkable Stor...
4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011
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