A Whale for the Killing
by Farley Mowat
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''A heart wrenching true tale of cruelty and courage, by the author of ''Never Cry Wolf.''--Fr Cvr
When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a lagoon near his Newfoundland home, Farley Mowat rejoiced at the unique chance to observe one of the world's most magnificent creatures up close. But some of his neighbors saw a different opportunity altogether: in a prolonged fit of violence, they blasted the whale with rifle fire, and scarred its back with motorboat propellers.
Mowat appealed desperately to the police, to marine biologists, finally to the press. But it was too late. Mowat's poignant and compelling story is an eloquent argument for the end of the whale hunt, and the rediscovery of the empathy that makes us human.
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Christian, Farley Mowat, Whales, Animal, Abuse, Non-fiction, Biography, Literature, Stories, Tales, Anecdotes, Books, Novels, Hardcovers, Paperback, e-book, Adventure, Finback whales, Senseless Killings, Wildlife destruction, Wildlife conservation, Finback whale, Legends and stories, Mammals, Fiction in English, Animal welfare, Wildlife conservation, canadaPeople
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North America, Newfoundland (Canada), Burgeo, The Burgeo Islands, Grand Bruit, Bear Island, Cabot Strait, Port Aux Basques, North Sydney, Nova Scotia, St. John's (New Brunswick), NewfoundlandTimes
20th Century / 1960sShowing 8 featured editions. View all 24 editions?
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A Whale for the Killing
July 1, 1984, Bantam
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Whale For The Killing
June 1, 1984, Seal Books
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A Whale for the Killing
January 1981, McClelland and Stewart-Bantam United, n/a
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A whale for the killing.
1972, Little, Brown
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*Manufactured in Canada* / Published simultaneously in Canada & the U.S.A. Seal 1st ed April 1978
Previous ed.: Boston : Little, Brown, 1972.
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In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation. Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller.
Mowat appealed desperately to the authorities, but it was too late-ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died. A plea for the end of commercial hunting of the whale, this moving account blends all the tension of the life-and-death struggle for one animal's survival with the drama of man's wanton destruction of life-bearing creatures and the environment itself.--WorldCat
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