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The whale : in search of the giants of the sea / Philip Hoare.

By: Hoare, Philip.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Ecco, c2010Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Description: 453 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780061976216 (trade); 0061976210.Subject(s): Whales | Whales in literature | Whales | Whales in literatureDDC classification: 599.5 Summary: The author examines the relationship between humans and whales throughout history, discussing his visits to historic whaling locales--New Bedford, Nantucket, and the Azores--as well as the ways that whales have been represented in literature, film, and popular culture.
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