Leviathan Pa (Dolin)

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ISBN: 9780393331578 | 0393331571
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/17/2008

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This 'œengrossing account ... at once grand and quirky, entertaining and informative' ( Publishers Weekly ) delivers the fascinating 300-year history of American whaling, integrating literary, social, and economic history into an epic account of this once-vital industry.

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Introduction	p. 11
Arrival and Ascent, 1614-1774
John Smith Goes Whaling	p. 17
"The King of Waters, The Sea-Shouldering Whale"	p. 30
All Along the Coast	p. 41
Nantucket, the "Faraway Land"	p. 63
The Whale's Whale	p. 75
Into "Ye Deep"	p. 90
Candle Wars	p. 109
Glory Days	p. 119
Tragedy and Triumph, 1775-1860
On the Eve of Revolution	p. 139
Ruin	p. 149
Up from the Ashes	p. 165
Knockdown	p. 188
The Golden Age	p. 205
"An Enormous, Filthy Humbug"	p. 253
Stories, Songs, Sex, and Scrimshaw	p. 275
Mutinies, Murders, Mayhem, and Malevolent Whales	p. 282
Disaster and Decay, 1861-1924
Stones in the Harbor and Fire on the Water	p. 309
From the Earth	p. 335
Ice Crush	p. 342
Fading Away	p. 353
Epilogue: Fin Out	p. 370
Notes	p. 375
Select Bibliography	p. 453
Illustration Credits	p. 461
Acknowledgments	p. 463
Index	p. 467
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