A Whale Hunt: 2 Years on the Olympic Peninsula With the Makah and Their Canoe
by SULLIVAN, ROBERT
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684864339
- ISBN 13
- 9780684864334
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Remainder mark on lower edge, else Fine. The story of the demise and attempted resurrection of a native American nation, the Makah, whose lives had been defined by whale hunting, until commercial whaling caused the near extinction of the gray whale in the 1920s. After the whales were taken off the endangered specied list on 1994, the Makah made decided a whale hunt may restore the vitality and health of their Nation. This is their story. Remainder mark on lower edge, else Fine. Bound in black half cloth, silver titles, with blue boards, very clean and unmarked; tight and solid book. The story of the demise and attempted resurrection of a native American nation whose lives are forever changed. 283 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2000, Scribner, New York, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015849
- Title
- A Whale Hunt: 2 Years on the Olympic Peninsula With the Makah and Their Canoe
- Author
- SULLIVAN, ROBERT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684864339
- ISBN 13
- 9780684864334
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- MAKAH INDIANS WHALING, WASHINGTON STATE NEAH BAY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native Americans;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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