Query: Whaling books
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Blood & Guts
Shallows
Bringing Whales Ashore
Omoo
In the Heart of the Sea
The Cruise of the Cachalot
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Last Whale
Evidence from documents: Blood & Guts: It deals with the conflicts over modern whaling, mainly dealing with Japanese whaling and the campaign run by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society against it.
Shallows: The town is the last remaining remnant of Australia's whaling industry and the novel details the conflicts that arise as a group of outsiders, intent on closing down the whaling industry, come to town.
Bringing Whales Ashore: The book details the history of whaling in Japan, especially during the Tokugawa period.
Omoo: After leaving the island of Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel that makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and a third of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti.
In the Heart of the Sea: ''Essex'' struck by a whale — a sketch by Thomas Nickerson
'''''In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex''''' is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler ''Essex'' in the Pacific Ocean in 1820.
The Cruise of the Cachalot: '''''The Cruise of the Cachalot''''' is an 1898 semi-autobiographical travel narrative by Frank T. Bullen that depicts a whaling expedition from a seaman's perspective.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket: '''''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket''''' (1838) is the only complete novel written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the ''Grampus''.
The Last Whale: '''''The Last Whale''''' is a 2008 book by Chris Pash, an Australian author and journalist. It is about the end of whaling in Australia including the closure of the last Australian whaling company, Cheynes Beach Whaling Company.
''The Last Whale'' has been reviewed by the ''Journal of Commonwealth Literature'', and ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.