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On the Northwest is the first complete history of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967.

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Solid scholarship and showy style. On the Northwest is a substantial and readable addition to the published history of whaling ... Webb has written a superior, robust work of whaling scholarship that also provides an unusual slant on regional history. -- Kenneth R. Martin * International Journal of Maritime History *
Extremely able and well-written. -- J. M. Bumsted * The Beaver *

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Below Eagle Town

2 Cruising Over the Ground

3 Ominous Visitations

4 Glancing Blows

5 Warring on Whales

6 Skytteren

7 Consolidated Whaling

8 In the Meat Business

Appendices

A The Journal of the Caroline on the Northwest Coast, September 1843

B The Rose Harbour Whaling Station, 1928 Notes

Bibliography

Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1988
      ISBN13: 9780774802925, 978-0774802925
      ISBN10: 0774802928

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      On the Northwest is the first complete history of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967.

      Trade Review
      Solid scholarship and showy style. On the Northwest is a substantial and readable addition to the published history of whaling ... Webb has written a superior, robust work of whaling scholarship that also provides an unusual slant on regional history. -- Kenneth R. Martin * International Journal of Maritime History *
      Extremely able and well-written. -- J. M. Bumsted * The Beaver *

      Table of Contents

      Illustrations

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      1 Below Eagle Town

      2 Cruising Over the Ground

      3 Ominous Visitations

      4 Glancing Blows

      5 Warring on Whales

      6 Skytteren

      7 Consolidated Whaling

      8 In the Meat Business

      Appendices

      A The Journal of the Caroline on the Northwest Coast, September 1843

      B The Rose Harbour Whaling Station, 1928 Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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