Взлет и падение китобойной отрасли великолепно описаны в книге Eric Jay Dolin "Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America" (WW. Norton & Company, 2007). См. также книги Charles Melville Scammon "The Marine Mammals of the Northwestern Coast of North America: Together with an Account of the American Whale-Fishery", 1874; Alexander Starbuck "History of the American Whale Fishery From Its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876" (авторская публикация, 1878 г.); и Paul Gilmour, "Saving-the Whales, Circa 1852", Letter to the Editor, The Wall Street Journal, 6 декабря 2008 г.
