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In Search Of The Giants Of The Sea
Ecco
February 2010
On Sale: February 1, 2010
464 pages
ISBN: 0061976210
EAN: 9780061976216
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural
History Museum model of a blue whale to his adult encounters
with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed
writer Philip Hoare has been obsessed with whales.
Journeying through human and nat-ural history, The
Whale is the result of his voyage of discovery into the
heart of this obsession and the book that inspired it:
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. Taking us deep
into their domain, Hoare shows us these mysterious creatures
as they have never been seen before. Following in Ishmael's
footsteps, he explores the troubled history of man and
whale; visits the historic whaling locales of New Bedford,
Nantucket, and the Azores; and traces the whale's cultural
history from Jonah to Free Willy. Winner of the
prestigious BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, The
Whale is an unforgettable and often moving attempt to
explain why these strange and beautiful animals still exert
such a powerful hold on our imagination.
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