Among Giants: A Life with Whales

by Charles "Flip" Nicklin and K.M. Kostyal

Book Overview

It all started in 1965 with a guy riding a whale. The guy was Flip Nicklin's father, Chuck, and the whale was an unlucky Bryde's Whale that had gotten caught up in some anchor line. Hoping to free the whale, Chuck and some friends took their boat as near as they could, and, just before they cut it loose, Chuck posed astride it for a photo.

That image, carried on wire services nationwide, became a sensation and ultimately changed the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226580997
• ISBN13: 9780226580999
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 3.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.3" x 9.3"