WHALE...Sw. and Dan. hval. This animal is named for roundness or rolling; for in Dan. hvalt is arched or vaulted.
—Webster’s Dictionary
WHALE...It is more immediately from the Dut. And Ger. Wallen; A.S. Walw-ian, to roll, to wallow.
—Etymology from
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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Wales Agency has represented small and independent presses since its founding. Reprint sales for the titles below were handled for Epicenter Press (Two Old Women), Calyx Books (Into The Forest), Broken Moon Press (Little Altars Everywhere and Sweetbitter), Falcon Publishing (Field Guide To Cows), and Black Heron Press (The Bathhouse).
