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Author Colby, Jason M. (Jason Michael), 1974- author.

Title Orca : how we came to know and love the ocean's greatest predator / Jason M. Colby.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  599.536 COL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  599.536 COL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  599.536 COLBY    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  599.536 COL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  599.536 COLBY    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  599.536 COLBY    Check Shelf
Description viii, 394 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-379) and index.
Contents "The most terrible jaws afloat" -- The old Northwest -- Griffin's quest -- Murray Newman and Moby Doll -- Namu's journey -- A boy and his whale -- Fishing for orcas -- Skana and the hippie -- The whales of Pender Harbour -- Supply and demand -- The white whale -- The Penn Cove roundup -- Whaling in the new Northwest -- Big government and big business -- The legend of Mike Bigg -- "All Hell broke loose" -- New frontiers -- Haida's song -- The legacy of capture -- Epilogue.
Summary This is the definitive history of how the feared and despised "killer" became the beloved "orca"--and what that has meant for our relationship with the ocean and its creatures.
Subject Killer whale.
Killer whale -- Conservation.
Whaling -- History.
Whales -- Anecdotes.
NATURE / Marine Life.
Killer whale. (OCoLC)fst00987505
Whales. (OCoLC)fst01174266
Whaling. (OCoLC)fst01174284
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Colby, Jason M. (Jason Michael), 1974- Orca. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780190673109 (DLC) 2017053474
ISBN 9780190673093 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
0190673095 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
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