All About Whales

by Roy Chapman Andrews, Thomas Voter (Illustrator)

The humpback, the sulphurbottom (a whopping 110 feet), the finback, the killer - these are a sampling of the varieties Roy Chapman Andrews talks about in detail as to habit, and habitat, evolution and physical characteristics. Meanwhile, he has interspersed his data with many a whaling experience - personal and historical - that bring these fabulous mammals into romantic perspective.

148 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions in China in the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. His popular writings about his adventures made him famous.

Reviews

[Eddie B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

ترجمة قديمة جميلة لكتاب صدرت الطبعة الأولى منه عام 1954، عاش مؤلفه شهورًا في صحبة الحيتان وصياديها، وشهد بنفسه على حكايات تجاوزت الحدود في غرابتها وجمالها وقسوتها، كما شهد برواياته -دون قصد- على الأعماق السحيقة التي قد تهوي إليها بشاعة البشر، حتى أولئك الذين يعتبرون أنفسهم من العلماء.

[Sherin Samir · Rating 4 out of 5]

تقييم الكتاب طبقأ للفئة العمرية المخصص لها أعمال هذة السلسلة

[Truth Muller · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. An interesting snapshot of time that chronicles the earliest days of whale science and the height of modern whaling. It is a children's book, but a good one, and while Chapman fills in gaps in his knowledge with assumptions that we now know to be incorrect, and his take on whale evolution is outdated, this shows the reader just how little we knew about whales even as recently as the 1950's. The detail with which Chapman describes whales, down to the exact number of hairs on their chin (no joke!) rivals Cousteau's "Whales." Chapman does not write as a whaler and certainly not as an environmentalist; his accounts of watching whales harpooned are a bit difficult to swallow today, with whaling largely banned, but it is a piece of very real history, and Chapman is just as fascinated by the beauty of the animal as he is by the men and technology then used to hunt them. The original 1954 illustrations are beautiful.

[Moria · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب جميل..ترك الكثير من المشاعر في قلبي