The Delicate Art of Whale Watching

The Delicate Art of Whale Watching by Joan McIntyre. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780871563231.

Joan McIntyre is a whale watcher who has spent a large part of her life practicing the delicate art. For five years she headed a well-known group working to understand and protect cetaceans; then, wanting to be physically closer to her subjects, she moved to a remote Pacific island, a place where whales and dolphins are seasonal visitors. Living at the edge of the sea, she learned much of wind and weather, tides and currents, the fine grain of life around her. The chief subject of her musings is the immense mystery the natural world presents, however hard we study it. This remarkable book is the log of a voyage of self-discovery, in the tradition of Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Loren Eiseley, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Inspirational in the best and truest sense, it will speak eloquently to many people.