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James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story originated of an anonymous form, began to appear in American newspapers.
Gertrude Elizabeth Heron Shane (née Hine; 5 February 1877 – 19 March 1951) [1] was an Irish poet, playwright and violinist [2] born in Belfast and who lived much of her life in County Donegal. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Among her best-known works is "Wee Hughie", a poem about a boy's first day at school.
Sabbath Morning at Sea" is a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning first published in 1839, which Sir Edward Elgar set to music in 1899 as the third song in his song-cycle Sea Pictures. [ 1 ] Poem
Title-page to Elizabeth Boyd's novel of 1732. Elizabeth Boyd (c. 1710 – 1745) was an English writer and poet who supported her family by writing novels, poetry, a play, and a periodical. [1] She also wrote under the noms de plume Louisa or Eloisa. Boyd is one of three known members of the Shakespeare Ladies Club. [2] [3]
'In the Whale,' the story of Provincetown lobster diver Michael Packard's life and his 30 seconds in a humpback's mouth, continues to sell out shows.
Elizabeth Akers Allen (pen name, Florence Percy; October 9, 1832 – August 7, 1911) was an American poet and journalist. Her early poems appeared over the signature of "Florence Percy", and many of them were first published in the Portland Transcript .
On Nov. 20, 1820, a whaling ship from Nantucket, Mass., was attacked by a large sperm whale in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. According to the Nantucket Historical Association, the boat was ...
The video shows that kayaker rowing along in the water when a whale breaches as it fed on hundreds of fish. The whale is directly in front of the kayaker, and if the kayaker had been just inches ...