{"product_id":"the-perano-whalers-of-cook-strait-1911-1964-by-don-grady","title":"THE PERANO WHALERS OF COOK STRAIT 1911-1964 by Don Grady","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE PERANO WHALERS OF COOK STRAIT 1911-1964\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Don Grady\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0589013920\u003cbr\u003eFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePublished: AH \u0026amp; AW Reed 1982, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 190 w x 250 h x 30 h \u003cbr\u003ePages: 238\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A4\/2606\/0416\/U124\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eThe Perano family operated shore whaling stations inside the narrow entrance to Tory Channel in Cook Strait, utilising small high speed whale chasing boats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn compiling this book Christchurch journalist Don Grady interviewed more than 80 former whalers employed by the Peranos and examined thousands of old diaries, records and photographs. Grady's extensively illustrated book is an outstanding chronicle of a colourful era in New Zealand's history, an immensely readable \"inside story\" of a unique industry and a unique way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images, maps on end papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eImmaculate with only light shelf wear\/spine fading on dust jacket, faint marks on page edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003eAre of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eSee our other listings on the subject and by this author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452058550564,"sku":"A4\/2606\/0416\/U124","price":49.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2155636108.jpg?v=1791234050","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-perano-whalers-of-cook-strait-1911-1964-by-don-grady","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}