The Whale Warriors The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals |
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| Author:
| Heller, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4165-3246-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Publisher: | Free Press
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| Imprint: | Free Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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"Indifferent to expense, hardship, or personal peril, Peter Heller has once again gone to the ends of the earth to give us a roistering good adventure narrative. In Captain Paul Watson, he has found an outrageous character of the high seas, a kind of modern anti-Ahab. Fearless, irascible, and immune to the concept of compromise, this spirited eco-vigilante is as refreshing on the page as he is feared and dreaded among the world's illegal whale poachers. Like its protagonist, Heller's...
More Description"Indifferent to expense, hardship, or personal peril, Peter Heller has once again gone to the ends of the earth to give us a roistering good adventure narrative. In Captain Paul Watson, he has found an outrageous character of the high seas, a kind of modern anti-Ahab. Fearless, irascible, and immune to the concept of compromise, this spirited eco-vigilante is as refreshing on the page as he is feared and dreaded among the world's illegal whale poachers. Like its protagonist, Heller's tale moves along at full ramming speed."- Hampton Sides, author ofGhost SoldiersandBlood and Thunder