Richard J. King

Ocean Bestiary

more to come!

Selected Works

Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick

"Ahab's Rolling Sea is a wide-ranging, highly personal, richly eclectic, and extremely well-researched book.There's a Melvillean romance here, and it sits especially well with King's love and empathy for human as well as natural history. A contemporary, witty, almost postmodern field guide." --Philip Hoare, author of The Sea Inside and The Whale

The Devil's Cormorant: A Natural History

"A brilliant book. It's scientifically well-informed, serious, funny, and full of good stories."--Living Bird

Lobster

["An] elegant little history... King's witty and erudite portrait, illustrated with a wealth of images."--New York Times

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