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Whale for the Killing by Farley Mowat (2005, Perfect)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherStackpole Books

ISBN-100811731863

ISBN-139780811731867

eBay Product ID (ePID)46027163

Product Key Features

Book TitleWhale for the Killing

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicAnimals / Marine Life, Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, Ecology

GenreNature

AuthorFarley Mowat

Book SeriesThe Farley Mowat Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight0.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-016940

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingA

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal599/.51

SynopsisIn the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation. Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller. Mowat appealed desperately to the authorities, but it was too late-ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died. A plea for the end of commercial hunting of the whale, this moving account blends all the tension of the life-and-death struggle for one animal's survival with the drama of man's wanton destruction of life-bearing creatures and the environment itself., A compelling true story of the author's desperate attempts to save an eighty-ton fin whale trapped in a Newfoundland lagoon. As he tries to persuade wildlife authorities and the Canadian press to help him in his quest, he must fend off curious and uncaring locals, who want to harvest the helpless whale for sport. As it tells one of Mowat's most personal and moving stories, this book becomes an impassioned plea to save a species that seems doomed to extinction. A classic nature book now back in print.

LC Classification NumberQL795.W5M66 2005