Whales, Ice, and Men

Whales, Ice, and Men
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Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 0295974478
ISBN-13 : 9780295974477
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Book Synopsis Whales, Ice, and Men by : John R. Bockstoce

Download or read book Whales, Ice, and Men written by John R. Bockstoce and published by . This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pages that follow, the story of commercial whaling in the western Arctic is told by a scholar intimately acquainted with the terrain--not only as it can be found in the historical records or at archaeological sites, but from lone experience on the shores and waters where the great adventure was played out. His book is written with such mastery and vigor that we confidently greet it as the finest history yet written on any aspect of American whaling.


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