Leviathan
the history of whaling in America
by Eric Jay Dolin
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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 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. The book also contains a wealth of naturalistic detail on whales.--From publisher description.
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Leviathan: the History of Whaling in America
2017, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
2008, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
July 7, 2008, W. W. Norton
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
July 2, 2007, W. W. Norton
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
August 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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August 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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Leviathan: the history of whaling in America
2007, W.W. Norton & Company
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August 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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