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War of the whales : a true story / Joshua Horwitz.

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New York : Simon & Schuster, [2014]

9781451645019 (hc.)

1451645015 (hc.)

xviii, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Prologue -- Stranded. The day the whales came ashore ; Castaways ; Taking heads ; The loneliness of the long-distance beachcomber ; In the silent service ; The stranding goes viral ; "Unusual morality event" -- Acoustic storm. The lone rangers of the environment ; Joel Reynolds among the friendlies ; The whale coroner arrives ; Depth charges ; Beachside necropsy ; Cease and desist ; Acoustic storm ; The sonar that came in from the cold ; Heads that tell tales -- The reluctant whistle-blower. A mind in the water ; The killer turned tame ; A call to conscience ; The dolphins that joined the Navy ; Mr. Balcomb goes to Washington ; The mermaid that got away ; In the valley of the whales -- Whales v. Navy. God and country v. the whales ; "It is so ordered" ; Counterattack ; The admirals take charge ; The highest court in the land ; Endgame -- Epilogue.

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