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010			_a 2007006113
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020			_a9780393060577 (hardcover)
020			_a0393060578 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm85018314
035			_a(OCoLC)85018314
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050	0	0	_aSH383.2 _b.D65 2007
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100	1		_aDolin, Eric Jay. _935305
245	1	0	_aLeviathan : _bthe history of whaling in America / _cEric Jay Dolin.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _cc2007.
300			_a479 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill., map ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [453]-459) and index.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aWhaling _zUnited States _xHistory. _935306
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007006113.html
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