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Leviathan : The History of Whaling in America Paperback Eric Jay
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- ISBN
- 9780393331578
- Book Title
- Leviathan : the History of Whaling in America
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Topic
- General, Fisheries & Aquaculture
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- 5.5 in
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- Number of Pages
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The epic history of the iron men in wooden boats who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme, Herman Melville proclaimed, and this absorbing history demonstrates that few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. Eric Jay Dolin begins his vivid narrative with Captain John Smith's botched whaling expedition to the New World in 1614. He then chronicles the rise of a burgeoning industry--from its brutal struggles during the Revolutionary period to its golden age in the mid-1800s when a fleet of more than 700 ships hunted the seas and American whale oil lit the world, to its decline as the twentieth century dawned. This sweeping social and economic history provides rich and often fantastic accounts of the men themselves, who mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, drank, scrimshawed, and recorded their experiences in journals and memoirs. Containing a wealth of naturalistic detail on whales, Leviathan is the most original and stirring history of American whaling in many decades.
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Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393331571
ISBN-13
9780393331578
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Book Title
Leviathan : the History of Whaling in America
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
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Trade
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378
Lc Classification Number
Sh383.2.D65 2008
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...Perfect Summer Reading, Especially if You Happen to Be Spending the Summer by the Sea, or on It., Leviathan is an exhaustive, richly detailed history of industrial American whaling...Dolin succeeds admirably at what he sets out to do: tell the story of one of the strangest industries in American history., 'eoeEric Jay Dolin's lively and thorough history spans the rise, golden age, and decline of what was once one of New England's distinctive industries...Dolin chose to take on the subject in its broadest form, and if he leaves us wanting more, that is what good history does.'e�, Mr. Dolin handles this long, complex tale with great skill, both as a historian and as a writer (the bibliography and illustrations are splended too)...Leviathan is thoroughly engaging., Eric Jay Dolin's lively and thorough history spans the rise, golden age, and decline of what was once one of New England's distinctive industries...Dolin chose to take on the subject in its broadest form, and if he leaves us wanting more, that is what good history does.
Copyright Date
2008
Dewey Decimal
639.2/80973
Dewey Edition
22
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