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  • What the true story of the Essex - the inspiration for 'Moby-Dick' - teaches us today

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    Visiting English professor Jamie Jones is writing a book about how the whaling industry has been depicted in literature, art and culture, and how those depictions dealt with ideas about capitalism, war, technology and the environment.

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  • To reach Jamie Jones, email jaljones@illinois.edu.