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CONTENTSIntroduction 00Part one: Arrival and Ascent,1614/1774 1. John Smith Goes Whaling 000 2. "The King of Waters, The Sea-Shouldering Whale" 000 3. All Along the Coast 000 4. Nantucket, the "Faraway Land" 000 5. The Whale's Whale 000 6. Into "Ye Deep" 000 7. Candle Wars 000 8. Glory Days 000 Part two: Tragedy and Triumph, 1775/1860 9. On the Eve of Revolution 000 10. Ruin 000 11. Up from the Ashes 000 12. Knockdown 000 13. The Golden Age 000 14. "An Enormous, Filthy Humbug" 000 15. Stories, Songs, Sex, and Scrimshaw 000 16. Mutinies, Murders, Mayhem, and Malevolent Whales 000Part three: Disaster and Decay, 1861/1924 17. Stones in the Harbor and Fire on the Water 000 18. From the Earth 000 19. Ice Crush 000 20. Fading Away 000 Epilogue: Fin Out 000 Notes 000 Select Bibliography 000 Acknowledgments 000 Index 000
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Whaling -- United States -- History.