The Whale People

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by Haig-Brown, Roderick.
[ 02. English Fiction ] Published by : Harbour Publishing, (Madiera Park, BC :) Physical details: 206 p. : 20 cm. Subject(s): Indians of North America -- Pacific Coast -- Juveniele Fiction. --Whaling -- Juveniel Fiction. --Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Juvenile Fiction. Year : 1962 02. English Fiction Item type : 02. English Fiction
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Reprint 2003.

Young Atlin must one day succeed his father Nit-gass, a whaling chief of the Hotsath people... a whole community is counting on him. Nothing thrills Atlin more than chasing a whale on the open sea, but he must also learn to handle a trickier quary: a hostile chief from a neighbouring village.