Philip Hoare

The Whale

In Search of the Giants of the Sea. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 480 Seiten
ISBN 0061976202
EAN 9780061976209
Veröffentlicht Februar 2011
Verlag/Hersteller ECCO PR
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Beschreibung

From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale, to his abiding love of Moby-Dick, to his adult encounters with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare has been obsessed with whales. The Whale is his unforgettable and moving attempt to explain why these strange and beautiful animals exert such a powerful hold on our imagination.

Portrait

Philip Hoare is the author of biographies of Stephen Tennant and Noël Coward and the historical studies Wilde's Last Stand, Spike Island and England's Lost Eden. He is also the writer and presenter of the BBC Arena film, The Hunt for Moby-Dick. He lives in Southampton, England.

Pressestimmen

"A love letter to the 'largest, loudest, oldest' mammal ever to have existed....Salted with astounding facts...this is an exhilarating valentine."--People

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