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From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale, to his abiding love of Moby-Dick, to his adult encounters with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare has been obsessed with whales. The Whale is his unforgettable and moving attempt to explain why these strange and beautiful animals exert such a powerful hold on our imagination.
Praise for The Whale
Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
"This tour de force is a sensuous biography of the great mammals that range on and under Earth's oceans." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"The Whale is part cultural study, part travelogue, as Hoare traces the footsteps of Herman Melville from New York to New Bedford and Nantucket . . . [and] digresses on our abuses of the whale and the devastations of the whaling industry." —Boston Globe
"One of the most sublime reading experiences you'll have this year." —NPR'S All Things Considered
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- Release date: August 18, 2023
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- ISBN: 9780061992612
- Release date: August 18, 2023
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- ISBN: 9780061992612
- File size: 5186 KB
- Release date: August 18, 2023
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