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After Daniel joins a four-year whaling expedition, he's disillusioned by the living conditions and horrified by all the gore and peril of hunting the sea creatures. But when he jumps ship off the desolate coast of Siberia, he encounters more danger and adventure than most experience in a lifetime. Full-color illustrations and maps.
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《學校圖書館期刊》(School Library Journal)評論
Gr 3-5Using an 1861 autobiographical work by Hall called Arctic Rovings, Stanley has provided modern readers with a brief look at an exciting, true adventure. Rejecting a clerking career, Daniel, 14, signed on a New Bedford, MA, whaling ship for a perilous three-year voyage. Though accepting of hard work and uncomfortable conditions, the teen innocently incurred his captain's ill will. Suffering mental and physical abuse, he and a young companion deserted on the bleak Siberian shore, where they endured a brutal winter and were aided by inmates of a prison colony. They were rescued in the spring and Daniel was eventually reunited with his widower father. An afterword completes what is known about Hall's later life. Dramatic pastel illustrations complement the composed text, giving young readers visual images of towering masts, snarling wolf packs, and harpooned whales spouting blood. The large format may prove a tad off-putting to some older readers who would truly be amazed at Daniel's adventures, but should please youngsters looking for a nifty piece of nonfiction to whet their imaginations.Patricia Manning, Eastchester Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《出版社週刊》(Publisher's Weekly)評論
Stanley bases this riveting tale on Daniel Hall's own account of the four-year journey that took him from his hometown of New Bedford, Mass., to the wilds of Siberia. In 1856, just days before his 15th birthday, Daniel fulfilled a lifelong dream and set sail on a whaling ship. In concise, evocative prose, Stanley explains that the trip quickly became nightmarish: no whales are spotted for 10 months andfar worsethe cruel and violent captain displays a particular dislike for Daniel. When the tyrant refuses to release the boy from service, Daniel begins to plot his escape, and seizes his chance one cold night in Siberia. There, injured from the captain's beatings, he survives an eight-month-long winter, complete with attacks by bears and wolves. Finally, in a heartwarming passage that has all the drama of fiction, Daniel spots a whaling ship as it lowers a boat to fetch him. Stanley illuminates the lives of 19th-century whalers while vividly portraying her protagonist. Although it is not as thoroughly stunning as her work in Cleopatra and Bard of Avon, her meticulous arthere rendered in pastels on sanded paperis steeped in period detail and abounds with energy. Ages 6-9. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
號角書評
Contributing to her fine repertoire of books featuring lesser-known historical figures, Stanley tells about a fourteen-year-old seaman who left his New Bedford, Massachusetts, home in 1856 on a whaling voyage that would last four years. How Hull survived to achieve redress against his cruel captain makes a wonderful adventure story expertly illustrated with spectacularly rich pastels. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus 評論
Stanley (Petrosinella, p. 716, etc.) retells the wild adventures of Daniel Hall, seaman from New Bedford, Mass. The year is 1856 and Daniel, at the ripe old age of 14, ships out aboard the whaler Condor. The voyage is scheduled to last three years, but Daniel cuts his journey short when he flees the ship (and the brutal ministrations of the sadistic captain) while on the chilly eastern coast of Siberia. With a little help from the Yakut people, Daniel survives eight months of mean winter, and is ultimately returned to New Bedford on another whaler. In less adept hands, this would have been but another cruel tale, but Stanley's nimble touch keeps melodrama at bay, provides intriguing glimpses into whaling life, and renders lovely, age-worn pastel illustrations that look as though they were lifted from 19th-century cameos. An example of her care is the inset maps that appear on a number of the pages to show Daniel's location at a given time. A book as quick on its feet and as engaging, as real, as its young hero. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《書目》(Booklist)評論
Gr. 4-6. It is nineteenth-century New England, and 14-year-old Daniel Hall wants to go to sea. With the reluctant blessings of his father, he signs on for a three-year term on the whaling ship Condor. Daniel gladly endures cramped quarters, grueling work, and storms at sea, only to be so badly mistreated by the captain that he and a friend jump ship in the Siberian wilderness. An adaptation of Arctic Rovings; or, The Adventures of a New Bedford Boy on Sea and Land, this short picture-book biography is an easy booktalk with a guaranteed audience. Stanley's watercolor illustrations include enough maps, sailing ships, whales, and wolves to please even the most demanding adventure lovers; the elegant design and accessible format will attract reluctant readers, while the well-written, absorbing content will keep them happily involved. (Reviewed Sept. 15, 1995)0803714688Janice Del Negro