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245 10 a| Leviathan :b| the history of whaling in America /c| Eric Jay Dolin.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| 479 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, map ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-459) and index.;

520 a| 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 / Eric Jay Dolin.

Author/creator	Dolin, Eric Jay
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©2007.
Description	479 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	Whaling--United States. --History.

Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-459) and index.
LCCN	2007006113
ISBN	9780393060577 (hardcover)
ISBN	0393060578 (hardcover)

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