Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue
I Soundings
II The Passage Out
III The Sperm Whale
IV A Filthy Enactment
V Far Away Land
VI Sealed Orders
VII The Divine Magnet
VIII Very Like a Whale
IX The Correct Use of Whales
X The Whiteness of the Whale
XI The Melancholy Whale
XII A Cold War for the Whale
XIII The Whale Watch
XIV The Ends of the Earth
XV The Chase
Keep Reading
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Acknowledgements
Index
Also by Philip Hoare
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