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The last whalers : three years in the far Pacific with a courageous tribe and a vanishing way of life  Cover Image Book Book

The last whalers : three years in the far Pacific with a courageous tribe and a vanishing way of life / Doug Bock Clark.

Clark, Doug Bock, (author.).

Summary:

A journalist draws on his immersive visits to the remote Indonesian island of the Lamalerans, the world's last subsistence whalers, to profile their way of life and illuminate how their indigenous culture is succumbing to the modern world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316390620
  • ISBN: 0316390623
  • Physical Description: xii, 347 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-344).
Subject: Whaling > Indonesia > Lamalerap.
Whalers (Persons) > Indonesia > Lamalerap.
Lamaholot (Indonesian people) > Social life and customs.
Lamalerap (Indonesia) > Social life and customs.
Genre: Nonfiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Malheur County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nyssa Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Nyssa Public Library 639.2 CLA (Text) 36660000562032 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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