{"product_id":"yankee-adventurers-joan-druett-9798235781993","title":"Yankee Adventurers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey were flamboyant, grasping, and incredibly brave. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were seafarers who dared to challenge the storms of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn and burst into the Pacific. These amazing characters sailed where few others dared to go, in search of trade and profit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina tea was worth big money in New York, Salem and Boston, but could only be bartered for silver, aphrodisiacs ... or furs. So foraging for \u003cem\u003ebêche de mer\u003c\/em\u003e - sea cucumbers harvested from tropical lagoons, and then dried into a tonic for virility - or enduring terrible conditions on icy beaches in a brutal quest to harvest seal furs, was considered just part of the deal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a brief period, less than half a century, these adventurers succeeded brilliantly, but then history overtook them. Their markets and their prey dried up. But, in the meantime, they had altered the landscape of the South Pacific, for better or worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd this is their story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Druett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235781993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Old Salt Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Joan Druett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997946720511,"sku":"9798235781993","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yankee-adventurers-joan-druett-9798235781993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}