Outside of English lit classes and seaports rich in maritime history, America's whaling traditions are largely forgotten. However, not only is whaling still practiced elsewhere but for a time slaughering whales for their blubber drove the U.S. economy. In "Leviathan", Eric Jay Dolin offers a pleasantly anecdotal history of American whaling so comprehensive that he seems to have harpooned at least one fact from every cetacean text ever printed. ( New Yorker)
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Posted on: August 14, 2007 11:23 AM, by EJGili
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