whaling

Chronicles the efforts of the Makah tribe of Neah Bay on the most northwestern tip of America to unite and inspire their community in 1997 by staging a whale hunt, a tradition they had given up in the 1920s; discussing the difficulties they encountered due to inexperience, tribal infighting, animal rights protests,and the media.

In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade between his country and the West.

The chronicle of a young seaman who joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab, a sailor whose obsession with pursuing the white whale Moby Dick threatens to lead them all to disaster.

Herman Melville's classic novel about a young seaman who joins the crew of a whaling ship commanded by the fanatical Captain Ahab, who is in pursuit of a white whale. Includes introduction, textual and explanatory notes, and chronology.

Captain Ahab's determination to find and kill the great white whale becomes an obsession driving him to disaster.

An illustrated survey of 33 species of whales describing their dimensions, habitats, habits, courting rituals, intelligence and their relationships with each other and with other creatures.

Profusely illustrated account of the whaling industry in the United States, with information on whaling techniques and the lives of the whalemen and their families.

Profusely illustrated text examines the history of the whaling industry and discusses the ships, the lives of the whalers, and typical voyages.

In 1849, fifteen-year-old Nick and his older brother, longing to be whalers, sign on as hands on the whaling ship Sea Hawk, and find that the journey is full of hardship and unexpected dangers.

Tells the story of the Essex, a whaleship that set sail from Nantucket in 1819 on a routine voyage, and was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in the South Pacific, setting the twenty-man crew adrift in three tiny boats.