The great sperm whale a natural history of the ocean's most magnificent and mysterious creature
Physty -- Mr. Melville's whale -- Whence the sperm whale? -- The (un)natural history of the sperm whale -- The social lives of sperm whales -- Battle of the giants -- "I'll have the calamari -- " -- Making contact -- How to catch a whale -- The war on whales -- "Can leviatha...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lawrence, Kan.
University Press of Kansas
2011
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Physty -- Mr. Melville's whale -- Whence the sperm whale? -- The (un)natural history of the sperm whale -- The social lives of sperm whales -- Battle of the giants -- "I'll have the calamari -- " -- Making contact -- How to catch a whale -- The war on whales -- "Can leviathan long endure so wide a chase?" -- Appendix. The adventures of a whale painter. Physty -- Mr. Melville's whale -- Whence the sperm whale? -- The (un)natural history of the sperm whale -- The social lives of sperm whales -- Battle of the giants -- "I'll have the calamari -- " -- Making contact -- How to catch a whale -- The war on whales -- "Can leviathan long endure so wide a chase?" -- Appendix. The adventures of a whale painter |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XV, 368 S., [8] Bl. Ill. 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780700617722 978-0-7006-1772-2 0700617728 0-7006-1772-8 |