A History of Whaling ; Author's Curiosity Leads to New Book About the Heyday of Whaling in America.

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Eric Jay Dolin is a fisheries policy analyst. So you'd figure he'd know something about whales.

And he does. But he didn't really start delving into the important role whales have played in American history until his interest was sparked by an old whaling scene painted on an oval box.

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A History of Whaling ; Author's Curiosity Leads to New Book About the Heyday of Whaling in America.

"Many times I gazed at that painting and wondered what it was like actually to go whaling," said Dolin, who works for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Gloucester, Mass.

Dolin's curiosity led him to research and write "Leviathan: The History of Whaling In America" (W. W. Norton, $27.95.) The book is a historical...

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