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A Whale for the Killing

by Farley Mowat (Douglas & McIntyre, 2012)

n the 1960s, author Farley Mowat was living in a small fishing town called Burgeo, on the southwestern coast of Newfoundland. Mowat was thrilled to discover an 80-ton fin whale that was trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, because it finally offered

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