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89366 absorbing
89367 history
89368 demonstrates
89369 that
89370 few
89371 things
89372 can
89373 capture
89374 the
89375 sheer
89376 danger
89377 and
89378 desperation
89379 of
89380 men
89381 on
89382 the
89383 deep
89384 sea
89385 as
89386 dramatically
89387 as
89388 whaling
89389 Eric
89390 Jay
89391 Dolin
89392 begins
89393 his
89394 vivid
89395 narrative
89396 with
89397 Captain
89398 John
89399 Smiths
89400 botched
89401 whaling
89402 expedition
89403 to
89404 the
89405 New
89406 World
89407 in
89408 He
89409 then
89410 chronicles
89411 the
89412 rise
89413 of
89414 a
89415 burgeoning
89416 industryfrom
89417 its
89418 brutal
89419 struggles
89420 during
89421 the
89422 Revolutionary
89423 period
89424 to
89425 its
89426 golden
89427 age
89428 in
89429 the
89430 mids
89431 when
89432 a
89433 fleet
89434 of
89435 more
89436 than
89437 ships
89438 hunted
89439 the
89440 seas
89441 and
89442 American
89443 whale
89444 oil
89445 lit
89446 the
89447 world
89448 to
89449 its
89450 decline
89451 as
89452 the
89453 twentieth
89454 century
89455 dawned
89456 This
89457 sweeping
89458 social
89459 and
89460 economic
89461 history
89462 provides
89463 rich
89464 and
89465 often