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In late November, 1893, a humpback whale--as rare a sight in the North Sea then as it would be now--followed herring shoals into the Tay estuary, and travelled as far upstream as Dundee docks to linger in the home waters of the biggest whaling fleet in Britain, and one of the biggest in Europe. The whale became an instant celebrity, known simply as the Monster, but a handful of boats were launched to try and catch it. The hunt was farcical, protracted, and ultimately grotesque--the whale remaine
- Author
- Crumley, Jim, 1947-
- Publisher
- Birlinn; Birlinn Ltd
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781495654794
- Subjects
- History, Nature, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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