A whale hunt
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Scribner, c2000.
Format
Book
Status
Port Angeles - Archives
ARCH 639.2808 SULLIVA
1 available
ARCH 639.2808 SULLIVA
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Clallam Bay - Reference Nonfiction
REF 639.2808 SULLIVA 2000
1 available
REF 639.2808 SULLIVA 2000
1 available
Copies
| Volume | Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles - Archives | ARCH 639.2808 SULLIVA | Non-circulating | |
| 2000 | Clallam Bay - Reference Nonfiction | REF 639.2808 SULLIVA 2000 | Non-circulating |
| Volume | Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bookmobile - Nonfiction (Adult) | 639.2808 SULLIVA | Available |
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Published
New York : Scribner, c2000.
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-283)
Description
For centuries the hunting of the whale was what defined the Makah, a Native American tribe in Neah Bay, but when commercial whaling drove the gray whale to near extinction in the 1920s, the Makah voluntarily discontinued their tradition and hung up their harpoons. In 1994, after the gray whale was taken off the endangered species list, the Makah decided to hunt again. The problem was that all the old whalers were dead -- no one knew how to go about hunting a whale. A Whale Hunt chronicles the two years Robert Sullivan spends with the Makah as they prepare for and stage the first hunt.