Sailors, Whalers, Fantastic Sea Voyages: An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life
With love to my home crew to Hank my patient encouraging husband who now knows more about whaling than the Red Sox well almost To my kids who lived with harpoons in the kitchen lobscouse for supper icebergs in the freezer and a short age of clean towels Love and thanks to Mike who offered artistic help and guid ance Nick who cheerfully kid tested the activities and Noelle the other writer in the family who always liked Mom's stories best And finally to my sister Norma who lis tens and makes me
Ac k N o wl edg m ents hanks to editor Cynthia Sherry for giving me this wonderful opportunity'm especially grateful to my project editor Lisa Rosenthal who shared my enthusiasm for the subject and helped me develop and elevate the manuscript into a strong and engaging book Many thanks to Chicago Review Press publisher Linda Matthews who care fully reviewed the pages and nurtured the progress of the book Gerilee Hundt managing editor who put together a great team to bring the book to life Meg Cox a meticulous copyeditor and Allison Felus edi torial assistant who worked on the book in all stages of the production process I would like to express my appreciation for the lovely artwork and design of the book Thank you to Laura A D Argo for her delightful illustrations Scott Rattray of Rattray Design who created the layout of the book Joan Sommers of Joan Sommers Design for designing the magnificent cover and Michael Petrillo for his artistic help in the step by step
Many thanks to Heather Shanks and Carolle Morini at the Peabody Essex Museum and Dana Costanza from the Martha s Vineyard Historical Soci ety Thanks also to Peter Kerner and his nautical sense for checking parts of the manuscript for authenticity I'd also like to offer my thanks and appreciation to all the maritime museums and volunteers in our country who work hard to allow us to step back to the days of clipper ships and harpoons Special thanks to our wonderful big extended family who have been incredibly supportive as well as encouraging in my writing all these years and finally to my late parents Hermione and Charles Mears to Dad who could make anything with a piece of wood and a few nails and to Mom whose stories of the past made history come
