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A whale for the killing.

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An edition of A Whale for the Killing (1972)

A whale for the killing.

[1st American ed.]
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In 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.--WorldCat

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Publisher
Little, Brown
Language
English
Pages
239

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Whale for the Killing
2012, Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
in English
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A whale for the killing
2005, Key Porter Books
in English - Rev. ed.
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A whale for the killing
2005, Stackpole Books
in English
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A Whale for the Killing
October 1999, Tandem Library
Library binding in English
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Whale for the Killing
August 1991, Amereon Limited
Hardcover in English
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A whale for the killing
1986, Bantam Books
in English
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Whale For The Killing
June 1, 1984, Seal Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
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A Whale for the Killing
July 1, 1984, Bantam
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: La balena e la furia
La balena e la furia
1984, B. Mondadori
in Italian
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Whale For The Killing: A Heart-Wrenching True Tale Of Cruelty And Courage
June 1, 1984, Seal Books
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WHALE FOR/KILLING
July 1, 1984, Bantam
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Whale for the Killing
February 1981, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: Whale for the Killing
Whale for the Killing
February 1981, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
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A whale for the killing
1981, Bantam
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A Whale for the Killing
January 1981, McClelland and Stewart-Bantam United, n/a
Paperback in English - Seal 2nd print. ed. Jan '81
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A whale for the killing
1979, Pan in association with Heinemann
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A whale for the killing
1977, McClelland and Stewart
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A whale for the killing
1976, McClelland and Stewart
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A whale forthe killing
1974, Quartet Books
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A whale for the killing.
1972, Little, Brown
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A whale for the killing.
1972, McClelland and Stewart
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1972
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Edition Notes

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."

Published in
Boston

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
599/.51
Library of Congress
QL737.C4 M73

The Physical Object

Pagination
239 p.
Number of pages
239

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5286125M
Internet Archive
isbn_0140037284
ISBN 10
0316586919
LCCN
72005157
Library Thing
570786
Goodreads
2417888

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