Ahab's Rolling Sea, Naming Nature, and the Fossil Hunter
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Published 2024-06-07
Books Reviewed Directly:
Ahab’s Rolling Sea the Natural History of Moby Dick by Richard J. King www.goodreads.com/book/show/44179428-ahab-s-rollin…
Naming Nature by Carol Kaesuk Yoon www.goodreads.com/book/show/6100838-naming-nature?…
The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling www.goodreads.com/book/show/6538811-the-fossil-hun…
Books Mentioned in Passing:
R.H. Dana Jr’s Two Years Before the Mast www.goodreads.com/book/show/335397.Two_Years_Befor…
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner www.goodreads.com/book/show/732562.The_Rime_of_the…
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick www.goodreads.com/book/show/17780.In_the_Heart_of_…
Owen Chase’s The Wreck of The Whaleship Essex www.goodreads.com/book/show/28094796-wreck-of-the-…
Darwin’s Origin of Species: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22463.The_Origin_of_Sp…
The Mary Anning “Bundle”
The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling www.goodreads.com/book/show/6538811-the-fossil-hun…
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier www.goodreads.com/book/show/6457081-remarkable-cre…
Curiosity by Joan Thomas www.goodreads.com/book/show/7904475-curiosity?ac=1…
For younger readers there’s also: Mary Anning’s Curiosity by Monica Kulling (also illustrated)
Ammonite (2020 Film) Feat. Kate Winslet as Mary Anning
Mary Anning & The Dinosaur Hunters (2024 Film) directed by Sharon Sheehan
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:38 Ahab’s Rolling Sea
5:25 Naming Nature
7:36 The Fossil Hunter
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All Comments (8)
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the fossil hunter sounds so interesting, especially the discussion about how people came to accept evolution.
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Excellent video and thank you so much for sharing your reading of these interesting books! Glad you are back making videos on the regular again.
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Came here to your channel from your comment on ParkNotes' channel. 😅❤
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Oh!! I didn't realize you were posting again!! So glad 🥰 You always make the most interesting videos. Ahab's Rolling Sea sounds fascinating. I've kind of been interested in reading Moby Dick for a while just for the whale facts! 😂
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You love books the way I do, but you talk about them in a way i never could. Just lovely, Andrea.
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Have you read The Feather Thief? Not related to whales or dinosaurs, but there's a good chunk of interesting history of the feather trade in there and about Alfred Russel Wallace who came up with his theory of evolution at the same time as Darwin.
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It may be time for me to re-read Moby Dick, and pick up a copy of Ahab's Rolling Sea, too. Then I think, Did I read Two Years Before The Mast, or not? I'm drawn to tales of the old tall ships of the 18th and 19th centuries. I read every book of Patrick O'Brien's series – called the Aubrey/Maturin Series – about the old navy of the Napoleonic era.
