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Moby-Dick
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Moby-Dick

By Herman Melville ,

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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In the Heart of the Sea

By Nathaniel Philbrick ,

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The North Water
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The North Water

By Ian McGuire ,

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Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer: A Novel
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Ahab's Wife

By Sena Jeter Naslund ,

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Sivulliq: Ancestor
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Sivulliq

By Lily H Tuzroyluke ,

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The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals
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The Whale Warriors

By Peter Heller ,

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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
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Leviathan

By Eric Jay Dolin ,

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Etchings of a Whaling Cruise
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Etchings of a Whaling Cruise

By J. Ross Browne ,

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Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820–1920
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Petticoat Whalers

By Joan Druett ,

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Men and Whales
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Men and Whales

By Richard Ellis ,

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In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon
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In the Wake of Madness

By Joan Druett ,

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The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea
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The Whale

By Philip Hoare ,

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The American Whaleman: A Study of Life and Labor in the Whaling Industry
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The American Whaleman

By Elmo Paul Hohman ,

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The Sea-Hunters: New England Whalemen during Two Centuries 1635 – 1835
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The Sea-Hunters

By Edouard A. Stackpole ,

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Herman Melville's Whaling Years
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Herman Melville's Whaling Years

By Wilson Heflin , Mary K. Bercaw Edwards (editor) , Thomas Farel Heffernan (editor)

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The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories
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The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories

By Ethan Rutherford ,

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Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan
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Bringing Whales Ashore

By Jakobina K. Arch ,

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