Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature - D. Graham Burnett - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691146157 - January 24, 2010
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Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature

D. Graham Burnett

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Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature

In "Moby-Dick", Ishmael declares, 'Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me'. This book recovers the story of Maurice versus Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the biblically sanctioned-view that the whale was a fish.

304 pages, 16 color plates. 19 halftones.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 24, 2010
ISBN13 9780691146157
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 288
Dimensions 145 × 228 × 18 mm   ·   414 g
Language English  
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