A Whale Hunt
Autor Robert Sullivanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2002
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780684864341
ISBN-10: 0684864347
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Scribner
ISBN-10: 0684864347
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Scribner
Descriere
The story of a Native American tribe's quest to re-institute a long-forgotten tradition, "A Whale Hunt" is a gloriously idiosyncratic fusion of travelogue, ecology, history, moral controversy, and high-seas adventure.
Notă biografică
Cuprins
Contents
1. Editorials
2. The Car Ride
3. Cape Flattery
4. The Cape Motel
5. The Museum
6. The Crew
7. A Descendant of Kings
8. Squire
9. The Captain
10. The Whaler -- An Ancient View
11. The Whaler -- A Modern View
12. The Canoe
13. Details
14. The Protestors
15. Whalers of the World
16. Potlach
17. Whales
18. The Grayness of the Whale
19. Donnie Doesn?t Kill a Seal
20. All Riled Up
21. The Experiment
22. Enter the Protestors
23. Prophets
24. The Media Arrive
25. The Shanty
26. Preparations
27. The Crew Comes Upon a Whale and Decides Not to Hunt It
28. Exit the Protestors
29. On Watch
30. A Prayer Closet
31. Q & A
32. The Resident Issue
33. The Prince of Monaco
34. On the Beach
35. Evil
36. Slaves
37. The Negatives
38. Cast Away
39. Stories
40. Truce
41. The Problem
42. A Promotion
43. Follow the Whale
44. Save the Whales
45. On Late-Twentieth-Century Pictures of Whales
46. Good Verus Evil
47. Los Angeles
48. A Vision
49. On the Road to Baja
50. Scammon
51. Salt
52. Touched
53. Back in Neah Bay
54. On the Job
55. Wayne to Court
56. The Germans Weren?t Around
57. Responsibility
58. Sensible
59. A Hand
60. Fish-in
61. Painkiller
62. Fuck-Ups
63. The Shakers Are Coming
64. A Bullet
65. A Leak
66. Anchored
67. Red-Faced
68. Whales Are Everywhere
69. Alone
70. Wayne Meets Theron
71. Stuck
72. Wayne
73. The Peak
74. A Hunt -- Day One
75. A Hunt -- Day Two
76. A Hunt -- Day Three
77. After a Whale Is Dead
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS