The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea

Hoare, Philip

ISBN 10: 1400165717 ISBN 13: 9781400165711

Casa editrice: Tantor Media Inc, 2010

Riassunto

The whale is the largest, loudest, oldest animal ever to have existed. It is improbable, amazing, and—as anyone who has seen an underwater documentary or visited the display at the American Museum of Natural Historycan attest—a powerful source of wonder and delight to millions. The Whale is an extraordinary journey into the world of this fascinating and mysterious animal.Acclaimed writer Philip Hoare visits the historic whale-hunting towns of New Bedford and Nantucket, wanders the streets of London and Liverpool in searchof Melville's whaling inspiration, and swims with sperm whales in the middle of the Atlantic. Through the course of his journey he explores the troubled history of man and whale; traces the whale's cultural history from Jonah to Moby-Dick, Pinocchio to Free Willy; and seeks to discover why these strange and beautifulanimals continue to exert such a powerful grip on our imagination.A blend of the travel and nature writing in the tradition of Jonathan Raban and John McPhee, The Whale is a gripping voyage into the heart of Hoare's obsession—and ours.

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L'autore:

Philip Hoare is the author of five works of nonfiction, including biographies of Noel Coward and Oscar Wilde; England's Lost Eden: Adventures in a Victorian Utopia; and Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital.
Michael Page has been recording audiobooks since 1984 and has over two hundred titles to his credit. He has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, including for The War That Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander and The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.

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• Editore: Tantor Media Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1400165717
• ISBN 13: 9781400165711
• Rilegatura: CD MP3