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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.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xv, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Sperm whale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.

ISBN:

0700617728 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700617722 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010048266

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)