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In the early twentieth century, some Americans were still hunting whales much as they had in Herman Melville's day |
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For “Moby-Dick”, Herman Melville drew on scientific, historical, and journalistic accounts of whales |
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Once a whale washed ashore, it was bound to end up as someone's property |
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Whales entered early American law through the question of who owned them when |
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There is no shortage of whaling histories for a Melville aficionado to turn to |