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The grandest of lives : eye to eye with whales / Douglas H. Chadwick.
Van Pelt Library QL737.C4 C397 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chadwick, Douglas H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whales.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Sierra Club Books ; Berkeley, Calif. : Distributed by University of California Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- Acclaimed nature writer Douglas Chadwick offers engaging portraits of five diverse whale species--the humpback, northern bottlenose, blue whale, minke whale, and orca--in the context of his hands-on adventures with prominent whale researchers.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Grandest of Lives 11
- The Singer: Humpback Whale 33
- The Diver: Northern Bottlenose Whale 67
- The Killer: Orca 109
- The Commoner: Minke Whale 153
- The Giant: Blue Whale 197
- Appendix A Cetacean Taxonomy at a Glance 249
- Appendix B How to Get Involved 252.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1578051266
- OCLC:
- 62282570
- Publisher Number:
- 9781578051267
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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