A History of Whaling in America

Museum favorite Eric Jay Dolin returns for a lecture on his book Leviathan: A History of Whaling in America. Few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. Dolin's sweeping social history provides fantastic accounts of men who mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, and drank. Originally published in 2007, Leviathan won the John Lyman Award for U. S. Maritime History, and was named a Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe.