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The Last Whalers
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Author : Doug Bock Clark
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-01-08
The Last Whalers written by Doug Bock Clark and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-08 with Social Science categories.
In this "immersive, densely reported, and altogether remarkable first book [with] the texture and color of a first-rate novel" (New York Times), journalist Doug Bock Clark tells the epic story of the world's last subsistence whalers and the threats posed to a tribe on the brink. A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Editors' Choice Winner of Lowell Thomas Travel Book Award Silver Medal Finalist for William Saroyan International Writing Prize Longlisted for Mountbatten Award for Best Book Telegraph Best Travel Books of the Year Hampshire Gazette Best Books of 2019 One of the favorite books of Yuval Noah Harari, author of the classic bestseller Sapiens, "on the subject of humanity's place in the world." (via Airmail) On a volcanic island in the Savu Sea so remote that other Indonesians call it "The Land Left Behind" live the Lamalerans: a tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who are the world's last subsistence whalers. They have survived for half a millennium by hunting whales with bamboo harpoons and handmade wooden boats powered by sails of woven palm fronds. But now, under assault from the rapacious forces of the modern era and a global economy, their way of life teeters on the brink of collapse. Award-winning journalist Doug Bock Clark, one of a handful of Westerners who speak the Lamaleran language, lived with the tribe across three years, and he brings their world and their people to vivid life in this gripping story of a vanishing culture. Jon, an orphaned apprentice whaler, toils to earn his harpoon and provide for his ailing grandparents, while Ika, his indomitable younger sister, is eager to forge a life unconstrained by tradition, and to realize a star-crossed love. Frans, an aging shaman, tries to unite the tribe in order to undo a deadly curse. And Ignatius, a legendary harpooner entering retirement, labors to hand down the Ways of the Ancestors to his son, Ben, who would secretly rather become a DJ in the distant tourist mecca of Bali. Deeply empathetic and richly reported, The Last Whalers is a riveting, powerful chronicle of the collision between one of the planet's dwindling indigenous peoples and the irresistible enticements and upheavals of a rapidly transforming world.
The Last Whaler
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Author : CYNTHIA. REEVES
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-09-03
The Last Whaler written by CYNTHIA. REEVES and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-03 with Fiction categories.
THE LAST WHALER is an elegiac meditation on the will to survive under extreme conditions. Tor, a beluga whaler, and his wife, Astrid, a botanist specializing in Arctic flora, are stranded during the dark season of 1937-38 at his remote whaling station when they misjudge ice conditions and fail to rendezvous with the ship meant to carry them back to their home in southern Norway. Beyond enduring the Arctic winter's twenty-four-hour night, the couple must cope with the dangers of polar bears, violent storms, and bitter cold as well as Astrid's unexpected pregnancy. THE LAST WHALER concerns the impact of humans on pristine environments, the isolation of mental illness, the sustenance of religious faith, and the solace of storytelling.
Last Whale
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Author : Chris Pash
language : en
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Release Date : 2008-09-01
Last Whale written by Chris Pash and has been published by Fremantle Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-01 with History categories.
At the end of the 1970s, one young reporter bears witness to the final days of Australia’s whaling industry. Thirty years after the last whale was captured and slaughtered in Australia, this incisive account tells the very human story of the characters and events that brought whaling to an end. This fair and balanced account portrays the raw adventure of going to sea, the perils of being a whaler, and the commitment that leads activists to throw themselves into the path of an explosive harpoon. Accompanied by a wonderful photographic record of the time, this is the action-packed history of a town reliant on whaling dollars pitted against a determined band of protesters.
The Real Story Of The Whaler
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Author : Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
The Real Story Of The Whaler written by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Offshore whaling categories.
There Goes Flukes
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Author : William Henry Tripp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-10
There Goes Flukes written by William Henry Tripp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10 with categories.
Being The Narrative Of The Voyage Of Schooner John R. Manta On Hatteras Grounds 1925, And Whalemen's True Yarns Of Adventures In Old Deep-Sea Whaling Days.
The Last Whaler
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Author : Capt Nicholas Stevensson Karas
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2010-09
The Last Whaler written by Capt Nicholas Stevensson Karas and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09 with History categories.
The Story Of The Last Of The Old Whalers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
The Story Of The Last Of The Old Whalers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Whaling ships categories.
The Last Voyage Of The Whaling Bark Progress
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Author : Daniel Gifford
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-01-11
The Last Voyage Of The Whaling Bark Progress written by Daniel Gifford and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-11 with History categories.
The whaling bark Progress was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of the Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece.
The Last Of The Sail Whalers
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Author : William McKillop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Last Of The Sail Whalers written by William McKillop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Hobart (Tas.) categories.
"When he died in 1938, Captain William McKillop was recognised as the last local master mariner to have captained a square-rigged whaleship. His career had spanned many phases, including sealing, whaling, fishing and coastal trading in New Zealand and Tasmania. McKillop's lively reminisces formed the basis for two books by the renowned Australian folklorist, Will Lawson: Harpoons Ahoy! and Bill the Whaler. Before those books were written, however, McKillop had dictated his memoirs to a colleague of the Tasmanian whaling enthusiast Dr Willam Crowther. This book bfrings to life the last decades of whaling and seagoing trading voyages under sail in New Zealand and Australia."--back cover.
The Last Of The Sail Whalers
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Author : William McKillop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-12
The Last Of The Sail Whalers written by William McKillop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12 with categories.
Annotated autobiographical articles by New Zealand and Tasmanian sealer, whaler and merchant mariner William McKillop (1865-1938)active 1880s-1930s. He was the principal source of information and inspiration for Will Lawson's books HARPOONS AHOY! (1937) and BILL THE WHALERR (1944).