Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator

by Jason M. Colby

Book Overview

Since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on the plight of the orca, the most profitable and controversial display animal in history. Yet, until now, no historical account has explained how we came to care about killer whales in the first place.

Drawing on interviews, official records, private archives, and his own family history, Jason M. Colby tells the exhilarating and often heartbreaking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190673095
• ISBN13: 9780190673093
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"