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Author Ellis, Richard, 1938-

Title The great sperm whale : a natural history of the ocean's most magnificent and mysterious creature / Richard Ellis.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  QL737.C435 E437 2011    Available  ---
Description xv, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-358) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Sperm whale.
Sperm whale.
ISBN 9780700617722 cloth alkaline paper
0700617728 cloth alkaline paper