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A whale hunt: two years on the Olympic Peninsula with the Makah and their canoe / Robert Sullivan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scribner, 2000.Description: 285 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0684864339
  • 9780684864334
  • 0684864347 (pb)
  • 9780684864341 (pb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 639.2/8/089979079799
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 99 S949a 2000
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Contents:
The car ride, p.17 -- Cape flattery, p.22 -- The cape motel, p.25 -- The museum, p.30 -- The crew, p.36 -- A descendant of kings, p.38 -- Squire, p.41 -- The captain, p.43 -- The whaler - An ancient view, p.46 -- The whaler - An modern view, p.50 -- The canoe, p.52 -- Detail, p.55 -- The protestors, p.59 -- Whalers of the world, p.62 -- Plotach, p.66 -- Whales, p.73 -- The grayness of the whale, p.75 -- Donnie doesn`t kill a seal, p.80 -- All riled up, p.86 -- The experiment, p.92 -- Enter the protestors, p.96 -- Prophets, p.100 -- The media arrive, p.104 -- The shanty, p.106 -- Preparations, p.108 -- The crew comes upon a whale and decide not to hunt it, p.111 -- Exit the protestors, p.115 -- On watch, p.118 -- A prayer closet, p.120 -- Q & A, P.122 -- The resident issue, p.124 -- The prince of monaco, p.126 -- Onthe beach, p.128 -- Evil, p.135 -- Slaves, p.137 -- The negatives, p.139 -- Cast away, p.143 -- Stories, p.146 -- Truce, p.148 -- The problem & a promotion, p.149 -- Follow the whale, p.155 -- Sve the whales, p.158 -- On late-twentieth-century pictures of whales, p.161 -- Good verus evil, p.165 -- Los angeles, p.168 -- A vision, p.170 -- On the road to baja, p.175 -- Scammon, p.179 -- Salt, p.184 -- Touched, p.186 -- Back in neah bay, p.189 -- On The job, p.190 -- Wayne to court, p.193 -- The germans weren`t around, p.196 -- Responsibility, p.200 -- Sencible, p.204 -- A hand, p.206 -- Fish-in, p.207 -- Painkiller, p.211 -- Fuck-ups, p.215 -- The shakers are coming, p.216 -- A bullet, p.220 -- A leak, p.223 -- Anchored, p.224 -- Red-faced, p.227 -- Whales are everywhere, p.229 -- Alone, p.231 -- Wayne meets theron, p.232 -- Stuck, p.233 -- Wyne, p.235 -- The peak, p.236 -- A hunt - Day one, p.238 -- A hunt - Day two, p.244 -- A hunt - Day three, p.252 -- Afther a whale is dead, p.266.
Summary: With the gray whale off the endangered list, the Makah Indians decide to resurrect the skills of their ancestors and return to the hunt amidst tribal infighting and animal rights activists.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 99 S949a 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000068822

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-283).

The car ride, p.17 -- Cape flattery, p.22 -- The cape motel, p.25 -- The museum, p.30 -- The crew, p.36 -- A descendant of kings, p.38 -- Squire, p.41 -- The captain, p.43 -- The whaler - An ancient view, p.46 -- The whaler - An modern view, p.50 -- The canoe, p.52 -- Detail, p.55 -- The protestors, p.59 -- Whalers of the world, p.62 -- Plotach, p.66 -- Whales, p.73 -- The grayness of the whale, p.75 -- Donnie doesn`t kill a seal, p.80 -- All riled up, p.86 -- The experiment, p.92 -- Enter the protestors, p.96 -- Prophets, p.100 -- The media arrive, p.104 -- The shanty, p.106 -- Preparations, p.108 -- The crew comes upon a whale and decide not to hunt it, p.111 -- Exit the protestors, p.115 -- On watch, p.118 -- A prayer closet, p.120 -- Q & A, P.122 -- The resident issue, p.124 -- The prince of monaco, p.126 -- Onthe beach, p.128 -- Evil, p.135 -- Slaves, p.137 -- The negatives, p.139 -- Cast away, p.143 -- Stories, p.146 -- Truce, p.148 -- The problem & a promotion, p.149 -- Follow the whale, p.155 -- Sve the whales, p.158 -- On late-twentieth-century pictures of whales, p.161 -- Good verus evil, p.165 -- Los angeles, p.168 -- A vision, p.170 -- On the road to baja, p.175 -- Scammon, p.179 -- Salt, p.184 -- Touched, p.186 -- Back in neah bay, p.189 -- On The job, p.190 -- Wayne to court, p.193 -- The germans weren`t around, p.196 -- Responsibility, p.200 -- Sencible, p.204 -- A hand, p.206 -- Fish-in, p.207 -- Painkiller, p.211 -- Fuck-ups, p.215 -- The shakers are coming, p.216 -- A bullet, p.220 -- A leak, p.223 -- Anchored, p.224 -- Red-faced, p.227 -- Whales are everywhere, p.229 -- Alone, p.231 -- Wayne meets theron, p.232 -- Stuck, p.233 -- Wyne, p.235 -- The peak, p.236 -- A hunt - Day one, p.238 -- A hunt - Day two, p.244 -- A hunt - Day three, p.252 -- Afther a whale is dead, p.266.

With the gray whale off the endangered list, the Makah Indians decide to resurrect the skills of their ancestors and return to the hunt amidst tribal infighting and animal rights activists.

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