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War of the Whales : A True Story by Joshua Horwitz; OverDrive, Inc is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Winner of the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award: "Horwitz's dogged reporting...combined with crisp, cinematic writing, produces a powerful narrative.... He has written a book that is instructive and passionate and deserving a wide audience" (PEN Award Citation). Six years in the making, War of the Whales is the "gripping detective tale" ( Publishers Weekly ) of a crusading attorney, Joel Reynolds, who stumbles on one of the US Navy's best-kept secrets: a submarine detection system that floods entire ocean basins with high-intensity sound—and drives whales onto beaches. As Joel Reynolds launches a legal fight to expose and challenge the Navy program, marine biologist Ken Balcomb witnesses a mysterious mass stranding of whales near his research station in the Bahamas. Investigating this calamity, Balcomb is forced to choose between his conscience and an oath of secrecy he swore to the Navy in his youth. " War of the Whales reads like the best investigative journalism, with cinematic scenes of strandings and dramatic David-and-Goliath courtroom dramas as activists diligently hold the Navy accountable" ( The Huffington Post ). When Balcomb and Reynolds team up to e

Who reads War of the Whales : A True Story?

Author

Joshua Horwitz; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Limited

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781451645026

Category

science

Subjects

Law, Economics, Science

Rating

4.05 / 5 (892 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14