Two docents from the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Nancy Gentile and Captain Michael Taylor, will present a program titled, “A Day in the Life of a Whaler,” on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the Faunce School, 16 Green St., Kingston.
Gentile and Taylor will use a PowerPoint presentation to help describe the typical whaling vessel, captain and crew, geography of whale hunts, and products created from whales. The duo will also discuss details of the whaling business and talk about the wives that accompanied sometimes their whaling husbands on long voyages. The program also features a demonstration of how baleen and harpoons were used.
Gentile served as a research librarian in various capacities for 39 years in private and public libraries. He has been a docent at the Whaling Museum since 2017 and enjoys giving tours to visiting student groups and adults weekly.
Taylor spent the first half of his career in the British Merchant Navy, starting as an Apprentice in 1958 rising as high as Ships Master. In retirement he farmed in South America before returning to Massachusetts, where Taylor volunteers at the Whaling Museum.
To register for this event, please visit – https://kingstonpubliclibrary.org.
For more information, you can contact Steven Miller, Reference Librarian at (781) 585-0517 x6272 or at smiller@kingstonma.gov.