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A Whale for the Killing
Contributor(s): Mowat, Farley (Author)
ISBN: 1771000287     ISBN-13: 9781771000284
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
OUR PRICE:   $17.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals - Marine Life
- Nature | Animals - Mammals
- Nature | Endangered Species
Dewey: 599.5
Lexile Measure: 1160
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.09" W x 7.77" (0.44 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Geographic Orientation - Newfoundland
- Topical - Ecology
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 8124
Reading Level: 8.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 12.0
 
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Publisher Description:
When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a lagoon near his Newfoundland home, Farley Mowat rejoiced at the unique chance to observe one of the world's most magnificent creatures up close. But some of his neighbors saw a different opportunity altogether: in a prolonged fit of violence, they blasted the whale with rifle fire, and scarred its back with motorboat propellers. Mowat appealed desperately to the police, to marine biologists, finally to the press. But it was too late. Mowat's poignant and compelling story is an eloquent argument for the end of the whale hunt, and the rediscovery of the empathy that makes us human.