
Farley Mowat's unforgettable true story of a trapped whale, human cruelty, and the fight to save one of the ocean's most magnificent creatures--a classic work of environmental nonfiction that helped shape modern wildlife protection and marine mammal conservation. In...






In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent...












A PLEA TO STOP THE SLAUGHTER NOW...When an 80-ton Fin Whale became trapped in a Newfoundland lagoon, conservationist Farley Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation. Some local villagers thought otherwise...


Also published Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1972.


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