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Whale hunting with gun and camera

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Whale hunting with gun and camera

Roy Chapman Andrews

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Roy Chapman Andrews chased whales with harpoon and camera both, and here he tells of humpbacks diving and spouting, of Alaskan hunts, and of the mysterious voices of these giants. Adventure and early cetacean science entwined. Thrilling and observant. Hunt the great whales with gun and camera at once.

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49 chapters

  1. 1WHALE HUNTING with GUN and CAMERA A NATURALIST’S ACCOUNT OF THE MODERN SHORE WHALING INDUSTRY, OF WHALES AND THEIR HABITS, AND OF HUNTING EXPERIENCES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5INTRODUCTION THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHORE WHALING
  6. 6CHAPTER I MY FIRST WHALE HUNT
  7. 7CHAPTER II HOW A HUMPBACK DIVES AND SPOUTS
  8. 8CHAPTER III AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA
  9. 9CHAPTER IV THE “VOICE” OF WHALES AND SOME INTERESTING HABITS
  10. 10CHAPTER V THE PLAYFUL HUMPBACK
  11. 11CHAPTER VI JAPANESE SHORE STATIONS
  12. 12CHAPTER VII A JAPANESE WHALE HUNT
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII CHARGED BY A WILD SEI WHALE
  14. 14CHAPTER IX HABITS OF THE SEI WHALE
  15. 15CHAPTER X A LONG BLUE WHALE CHASE
  16. 16CHAPTER XI THE LARGEST ANIMAL THAT EVER LIVED
  17. 17CHAPTER XII WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE WHALE’S LEGS
  18. 18CHAPTER XIII THE GREYHOUND OF THE SEA

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