Leviathan, or, the whale / Philip Hoare.

"From his childhood fascination with the gigantic models of London's Natural History Museum to adult encounters with the wild animals themselves, Philip Hoare has been obsesssed by whales. Switching between human history and natural history, Leviathan is a gripping voyage of discovery into the heart of this obsession and the book that inspired it: Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Taking us deep into the whale's domain, Philip Hoare shows us these mysterious animals as they have never been seen before."