The Last Whalers by Doug Bock Clark - ISBN: 9781529374155
Paperback
Ancient tribe’s whale hunt clashes with the modern world’s relentless change.

The Last Whalers

The Life of an Endangered Tribe in a Land Left Behind

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2020

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Summary

‘Remarkable… a rich, novelistic account based on diligent reporting … An empathetic, even intimate account, but not a dewy-eyed one … Wonderful’ Daily Telegraph

‘I absolutely loved this magnificent book’ Sebastian Junger

‘A monumental achievement’ Mitchell Zuckoff

’[An] immersive, densely reported and altogether remarkable first book … THE LAST WHALERS has the texture and colouring of a first-rate novel’ New York Times

At a time when …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529374155
ISBN-10:1529374154
Author:Doug Bock Clark
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:25 February 2020
Weight:261g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 26mm
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Critics Review

I absolutely loved this magnificent book

I absolutely loved this magnificent book - Sebastian Junger

A monumental achievement - Mitchell Zuckoff

About The Author

Doug Bock Clark

Doug Bock Clark is a writer whose articles have appeared or are forthcoming in the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, National Geographic, GQ, Wired, Rolling Stone, The New Republic, and elsewhere. He won the 2017 Reporting Award, was a finalist for the 2016 Mirror Award, and has been awarded two Fulbright Fellowships, a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and an 11th Hour Food and Farming Fellowship. Clark has been interviewed about his work on CNN, BBC, NPR, and ABC’s 20⁄20. He is a Visiting Scholar at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

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