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I's the end of the seventies and one young reporter is bearing witness to the final days of Australia's whaling industry.

Thirty years after the last whale was captured and slaughtered in Australia, Chris Pash, tells the very human story of the characters and events that brought whaling to an end.

This fair and balanced account portrays the raw adventure of going to sea, the perils of being a whaler and the "crazy, but somehow magical" commitment that leads activists to throw themselves into the path of an explosive harpoon.

Accompanied by a wonderful photographic record of the time, this is the action-packed history of a town reliant on whaling dollars pitted against a determined band of protesters.

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"A timely reminder of how far we've come since the days of routine slaughter, of how hard conservationists fought to bring it to an end, and how vigilant we must be in making sure that the dark days of whaling are behind us forever." Tim Winton

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"[An] important contribution to Australian history and to the protection of whales. From a historical perspective, it chronicles the people and events which created Greenpeace in Australia and it also seeks to understand the minds and thinking of those who hunted whales in Australia." Steve Shallhorn, CEO Greenpeace Australia Pacific

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Pash was a young reporter when the anti-whaling campaign in Australia commenced, and recounts the struggle from the perspective of both activists and whalers. He includes photographs, but no index or bibliography. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Jean-Paul Fortom-Gouin, aka the Phantom, is man on an anti-whaling mission who wangles his way onto the International Whaling Commission with a snappy suit and ticket from the Panamanian government. His nemesis, Ches Stubbs, skipper of the whaling ship Ch
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About the Author

Chris Pash, former editor, correspondent, bureau chief and newswire chief executive, was a pimply reporter at the Albany Advertiser in 1977 when activists launched Greenpeace's first direct action in Australia. He now lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children and is an executive in the news and information industry.
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chrispash, October 24, 2008 (view all comments by chrispash)
this narrative nonfiction, written in scenes, following the lives of real people -- both whalers and anti-whaling activists -- to the death of the last whale caught by the last whaling station in the English-speaking world.

Nova magazine: ‘Like a helicopter, he circles the scene, takes a wider view, then skillfully drops in an out of the minds of the whalers, protesters, even the Prime Minister. Importantly, Chris gives appropriate weight to the whalers themselves. Chris animates them as characters and he doesn’t ignore the heroism in their lives.”
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‘A timely reminder of how far we’ve come since the days of routine slaughter, of how hard conservationists fought to bring it to an end, and how vigilant we must be in making sure that the dark days of whaling are behind us forever.’ — Tim Winton

‘ … an important contribution to Australian history and to the protection of whales. From a historical perspective, it chronicles the people and events which created Greenpeace in Australia and it also seeks to understand the minds and thinking of those who hunted whales in Australia … ’ — Steve Shallhorn, CEO Greenpeace Australia Pacific

It’s the end of the seventies and one young reporter is bearing witness to the final days of Australia’s whaling industry.

Thirty years after the last whale was captured and slaughtered in Australia, Chris Pash, tells the very human story of the characters and events that brought whaling to an end.

This fair and balanced account portrays the raw adventure of going to sea, the perils of being a whaler and the ‘crazy, but somehow magical’ commitment that leads activists to throw themselves into the path of an explosive harpoon.

Accompanied by a wonderful photographic record of the time, this is the action-packed history of a town reliant on whaling dollars pitted against a determined band of protesters.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781921361326
Author:
Pash, Chris
Publisher:
Fremantle Press
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Subject:
Wildlife
Subject:
Whales
Subject:
Whaling
Subject:
Greenpeace Australia
Subject:
Whales - Conservation - Australia
Subject:
Environmental Studies-Environment
Subject:
Australia & Oceania
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20080931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
9 x 6.5 x 0.6 in 0.35 lb
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Product details 240 pages Fremantle Press - English 9781921361326 Reviews:
"Review" by , "A timely reminder of how far we've come since the days of routine slaughter, of how hard conservationists fought to bring it to an end, and how vigilant we must be in making sure that the dark days of whaling are behind us forever."
"Review" by , "[An] important contribution to Australian history and to the protection of whales. From a historical perspective, it chronicles the people and events which created Greenpeace in Australia and it also seeks to understand the minds and thinking of those who hunted whales in Australia."
"Synopsis" by , Jean-Paul Fortom-Gouin, aka the Phantom, is man on an anti-whaling mission who wangles his way onto the International Whaling Commission with a snappy suit and ticket from the Panamanian government. His nemesis, Ches Stubbs, skipper of the whaling ship Ch
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