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Sightings - The Grey Whale's Mysterious Journey Peterson & Hogan
National Geographic 2002 0792279891 / 9780792279891 Hardcover, DJ, 286 pages New copy
'Whaleroad', the Anglo-Saxon bards called the ocean. Nature essayist Brenda Peterson and Chickasha poet and novelist Linda Hogan follow that long highway, charting the course of the grey whale as it travels between the archipelagos of Alaska and the warm lagoons of Baja California. In alternating chapters, Peterson and Hogan touch on the science, history, and lore of the grey whale while addressing the species' often troubled relations with humans - a matter brought painfully to the fore in the mid-1990s when the Makah people of Washington revived their long-abandoned tradition of whale hunting. Both writers seek to understand the Makah tradition, observing how very different it is from the industrial whaling of Europe and Japan. But, in the end, both also argue on the whale's behalf, with Hogan suggesting that there are other ways to "make a statement about how strong a culture can be." This graceful book does a fine job of exploring the importance of that bond.
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10.25 USD
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