“National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World” by Randall R. Reeves, Brent S. Stewart, Phillip J. Clapham, and James A. Powell (Knopf, 2002)

This Guide to Marine Mammals of the World is a long-awaited new addition many years in the making, and the result is impressive and unique.  With five hundred page s of detailed description on the many mammals swimming beneath our seas, as well as beautiful color drawings and actual photos of these many mammals; it is a book that deserves a space on a shelf in every home by the sea.  The book is not strictly for those with a scientific background, but then it is neither for the average person who happens to have a thing for whales.  With applications on so many levels, the National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World is a book that no one will find dull and uninteresting in any way.

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Originally published in July/August 2002.

Originally published in the Long Beach Union.

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Miriam Parker over at Hachette pointed this book out for me, to see if I would be interested, and it certainly seems an intriguing book.