| The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling or The Pirates! in an Adventure with Ahab (when published by Vintage Books) | |
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Cover art for the Hardback edition |
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| Author(s) | Gideon Defoe |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Pirates! |
| Genre(s) | Comedy novel |
| Publisher | Orion Books |
| Publication date | 1 September 2005 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 160 pp |
| ISBN | 0-297-84901-8 |
| OCLC Number | 60512658 |
| Preceded by | The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists |
| Followed by | The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists |
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling (also known as The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab) is the second book in The Pirates! series by Gideon Defoe, published in 2005 by The Orion Publishing Group.
After The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, the pirates felt that their ship was in need of some repair. So they go to see Cutlass Liz, the beautiful yet ferocious pirate boat yard owner, where, after much showing off, the Pirate Captain buys the most expensive boat, The Lovely Emma. Not having much gold the Pirates are unable to pay for the boat, so they go on an adventure to find 6,000 dubloons.
They go to Las Vegas, and get mixed up with Ahab, who is hunting Moby-Dick, the pirate Captain goes mad, and the Prize ham plays a major part in the whole adventure.
Aardman Animations is adapting the first two books of the series, The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, and The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling, into a 3-D stop-motion animated film internationally titled The Pirates! Band of Misfits. The film is set for release on March 28, 2012, and it is being directed by Peter Lord, the director of Chicken Run.[1]