Top 10: whale tales

Social historian and author Philip Hoare named a top ten list of books about whales for the Guardian.Number One on his list:Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleFirst published in London in 1851 (in order to register its copyright in America), Melville's book mystified his British editor, who simply cut out parts he found immoral or blasphemous. Melville's madly digressive book - 135 chapters of