Thar She Blows! 19th-Century Court Case Harpoons a Whale of a Story TRYING LEVIATHAN: THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK COURT CASE THAT PUT THE WHALE ON TRIAL AND CHALLENGED THE ORDER OF NATURE By Glenn C. Altschuler
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