Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature

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Burnett, D. Graham.
Trying Leviathan : the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature / D. Graham Burnett.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–691–12950–1 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Maurice, James, fl. 1818—Trials, litigation, etc. 2. Judd, Samuel, fl. 1818—
Trials, litigation, etc. 3. Trials (Tax evasion)—New York (State)—New York—History—
19th century. 4. Whale oil—Taxation—Law and legislation—New York (State)—History—
19th century. 5. Whales—Classification—History—19th century. 6. Whaling—United
States—History—19th century. 7. Zoology—Social aspects—United States—History—
19th century. I. Title.
KF228.M38B87 2008
344.747™0957—dc22
2007008378

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