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Leviathan: The History Of Whaling In America
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A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book Of 2007A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book Of 2007Amazon.Com Editors Pick As One Of The 10 Best History Books Of 2007Winner Of The 2007 John Lyman Award For U. S. Maritime History, Given By The North American Society For Oceanic HistoryThe Best History Of American Whaling To Come Along In A Generation. Nathaniel Philbrick 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 Industryfrom Its Brutal Struggles During The Revolutionary Period To Its Golden Age In The Mid1800S 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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