The Sounding of the Whale

The Sounding of the Whale
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 824
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ISBN-10 : 9780226100579
ISBN-13 : 022610057X
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Book Synopsis The Sounding of the Whale by : D. Graham Burnett

Download or read book The Sounding of the Whale written by D. Graham Burnett and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how humans' view of whales changed from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, looking at how the sea mammals were once viewed as monsters but evolved into something much gentler and more beautiful.


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