ISBN: 0316562920

From Kirkus: A strong proponent of whale preservation, McNally rejects with equal fervor the greed of the 19th-century Yankee whalers--who, unlike earlier Northwest Coast natives, endange… Mehr…

From Kirkus: A strong proponent of whale preservation, McNally rejects with equal fervor the greed of the 19th-century Yankee whalers--who, unlike earlier Northwest Coast natives, endangered whales' survival by treating them as a natural resource for marketing beyond home grounds--and the New-Age romanticism of today's trendy ""Jonahs"" who see the animals as liberated, anti-bourgeois utopians. (""I'm really into whales,"" they tell him.) Both types, says McNally, are guilty of anthropocentric narcissism. Dolphin enthusiast John Lilly comes off no better: Lilly, says McNally, sees dolphins as graduates of Esalen and sperm whales as superior Transcendental Meditators. His second-hand amazing tales are simply not true, and what's more, ""Lilly, a frightful writer, appears wholly innocent of literature."" (McNally's own acquaintance with literature is manifested in retellings of old myths and a 20-page report on Melville's life and the plot, symbols, and reception of Moby Dick.) But if Lilly's claims for dolphins' intelligence were simplistic, McNally's more sophisticated considerations also point to brains ""in the major league with chimps, gorillas, and humans."" Whales can be our equals, says McNally, without being like us, and should be preserved for their own sake and not for their usefulness to our economy or fantasy life. Yet McNally doesn't deny a surge of awe and mysticism when a pod comes his way--and that's as much a part of the book as his hard analysis of the politi business and investing,engineering,science,science and math,science and scientists,science and technology,technology Business & Investing, Little Brown & Company<

2000, ISBN: 9780316562928

New York: Basic Books, 2000. 212 pages. Fore-edge uncut. Two-tone papered boards in dust-jacket. From the blurb, Severin 'attempts to determine the likelihood of the existence of one … Mehr…

New York: Basic Books, 2000. 212 pages. Fore-edge uncut. Two-tone papered boards in dust-jacket. From the blurb, Severin 'attempts to determine the likelihood of the existence of one of 9our most iconic modern myths -- the Great White Whale. He travels to the Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Archipelago, where 21-year-old Melvile deserted his whaling ship in 1842 and began to write Moby Dick. Severin sales on throughout the islands of the South Pacific and in this account of his voyage he begins to understand the origin of Melville's literary creation and something of the relationship between the islanders and the creatures of the sea, the hunter and his prey. He also uncovers evidence for the existence of a Great White Whale'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., Basic Books, 2000, Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1981. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A detailed study of humankind's long history of association with dolphins and whales, humans using and misusing them for food, industry, reflecting upon them in art, mythology, and literature, as products in cosmetics, lamp oil, and other uses and purposes, and our modern emotional fascination with these creatures' intelligence and ways of life. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, appendix, sources, indexed, 268pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Little Brown & Co., 1981<

1981, ISBN: 9780316562928

Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1981. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A detailed study of humankind's long history of association with dolphins and whales, humans using… Mehr…

Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1981. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A detailed study of humankind's long history of association with dolphins and whales, humans using and misusing them for food, industry, reflecting upon them in art, mythology, and literature, as products in cosmetics, lamp oil, and other uses and purposes, and our modern emotional fascination with these creatures' intelligence and ways of life. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, appendix, sources, indexed, 268pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Little Brown & Co., 1981<

1987, ISBN: 9780316562928

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Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Size=6.5"x9.5". B/W Photos & Sketches. (full book description) Little, Brown & Co., B… Mehr…

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Size=6.5"x9.5". B/W Photos & Sketches. (full book description) Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA, 1981. 1st Edition Fine-/Fine, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket. Size=6.5"x9.5", 268pp(Index). B/W Photos & Sketches. DJ nicked head of spine, faint foxing speckles (from dust)on top page ends,o.w.clean, bright & tight. NO ink names, bookplates etc. Price is unclipped. ISBN 0316562920 [Whales & Whaling; Dolphins; Porpoises] SELLING WORLDWIDE SINCE 1987. WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!, Little, Brown & Co., 1981<

1981, ISBN: 0316562920

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[EAN: 9780316562928], [PU: Little, Brown And Company], POLAR BOTH - EXPLORATION MOUNTAINEERING ALPINISM BERGSTEIGEN ARCTIC NORTH POLE DISCOVERY TRAVEL ANTARCTIC ANTARCTICA SOUTH SHACKLETON AMUNDSEN SCOTT ARKTIS ANTARKTIS ANTARCTIQUE POLAIRE WHALES WHALING DOLPHINS, Jacket, 268pp, private bookplate, Fine in VG dw. A wide ranging and compassionate study of whales, dolphins and porpoises and their involvement with man. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.<