Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America by Dolin, Eric Jay

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

The epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the...
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Author: Eric Jay Dolin
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America by Dolin, Eric Jay

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

$29.23

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

$29.23
Author: Eric Jay Dolin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme," Herman Melville proclaimed, and this absorbing history demonstrates that few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. Eric Jay Dolin begins his vivid narrative with Captain John Smith's botched whaling expedition to the New World in 1614. He then chronicles the rise of a burgeoning industry--from its brutal struggles during the Revolutionary period to its golden age in the mid-1800s when a fleet of more than 700 ships hunted the seas and American whale oil lit the world, to its decline as the twentieth century dawned. This sweeping social and economic history provides rich and often fantastic accounts of the men themselves, who mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, drank, scrimshawed, and recorded their experiences in journals and memoirs. Containing a wealth of naturalistic detail on whales, Leviathan is the most original and stirring history of American whaling in many decades.

Author: Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.66w x 1.21d
ISBN: 9780393331578


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/03/2008 pg. 20

About the Author
Dolin, Eric Jay: - Eric Jay Dolin is the best-selling author of numerous works in maritime history, including Left for Dead; Black Flags, Blue Waters; and Leviathan. A graduate of Brown, Yale, and MIT, he now lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family.

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