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372 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780771042096
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication date: Not specified
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In the 1870s whaling was North America’s biggest business. Successful voyages south, to the warm waters of Melville’s great white whale, or north, to the Arctic, brought back ships laden with the whale oil that lit the lamps of the civilized world...
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372 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780771042096
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In the 1870s whaling was North America’s biggest business. Successful voyages south, to the warm waters of Melville’s great white whale, or north, to the Arctic, brought back ships laden with the whale oil that lit the lamps of the civilized world...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings