Leviathan the history of whaling in America
The epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. Few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. Environmental writer Dolin chronicles the rise of a burgeoning industry, from it...
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
c2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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