Whaling


Moby-Dick or, The Whale
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The North Water
Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
Heart of a Samurai
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex, Adapted for Young People from In the Heart of the Sea
Moby Dick
In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon
Rush Oh!
Children of the Light: The Rise and Fall of New Bedford Whaling and the Death of the Arctic Fleet
The Widow's War (Satucket, #1)
Jamrach's Menagerie
Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives At Sea, 1820-1920
North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
Mythic Adventures by Ayn Cates SullivanSlave Catching In The Indian Ocean by Philip Howard ColombThose Vulgar Tubes by Joe J. Simmons IIIKlabautermann of the Northern Seas by Reinhard J. BussVerses with Larenze by Larenze Jordan Rios
Leaky Maritimes
104 books — 7 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Terror by Dan SimmonsAhab’s Rolling Sea by Richard J.  KingBlack Leviathan by Bernd PerpliesRailsea by China Miéville
Moby-Dick Inspired Books
28 books — 7 voters

Rising Tides by Nora RobertsCarolina Home by Virginia KantraIt Happened One Summer by Tessa BaileyCatch of the Day by Kristan HigginsDirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren
Fishermen and Fishing Romance
53 books — 22 voters
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor HeyerdahlIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickSea of Glory by Nathaniel PhilbrickTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Best Seafaring History books
176 books — 33 voters

Capture and Rescue of Mrs. Rebecca J. Fisher by Rebecca J. Gilleland FisherIndian Raids in Lincoln County, Kansas, 1864 and 1869 by Christian Frederik BernhardtLife and Adventures of the Original and Genuine Cowboys by John H. SullivanThe Hamite by Harvey JohnsonPioneer History of Indiana by William Monroe Cockrum
Best 99 cent historical e-books
167 books — 4 voters
Mystic Seafarer's Trail by Lisa Saunders
Mystic, Connecticut
1 book — 1 voter

There is a blackout in media coverage of issues concerning whales and dolphins in Japan, with the exception of the government's viewpoint. It is simply amazing how little good information (and how much bad information) the public in Japan gets about the worldwide controversy over whaling and dolphin killing, all because the media bows to the wishes of the Japan Fisheries Agency. ...more
Richard O'Barry, Behind the Dolphin smile: One Man's Campaign to Protect the World's Dolphins

Herman Melville
Aye, aye, it must be so. I've oversailed him. How, got the start? Aye, he's chasing ME now; not I, HIM--that's bad ...more
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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