D. Graham Burnett
Thar She Blows! 19th-Century Court Case Harpoons a Whale of a Story

Courtesy of the Collection of the New York Historical Society
A New York whaleman’s drawing of a sperm whale, circa 1810.
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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Weighing 'Reasonable Doubt,' Jury Sees Ugly Side of Justice
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