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In search of Moby Dick : quest for the White Whale / Tim Severin.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating PS2384.M62 S38 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Severin, Timothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
- Melville, Herman.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Knowledge and learning--Whales.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Whales.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Travel--Oceania.
- Novelists, American--19th century--Biography.
- Novelists, American.
- Travel.
- Oceania.
- Oceania Region.
- Sea stories, American--History and criticism.
- Sea stories, American.
- Whaling in literature.
- Whales in literature.
- Oceania--In literature.
- Oceania--Description and travel.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Moby Dick.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2000]
- Summary:
- In "In Search of Moby Dick, " Severin sets about determining the likelihood of the existence of one of the most iconic modern myths--the Great White Whale. He begins to perceive the lush weave of fact and fiction, actual experience and extravagant yarn that is "Moby Dick."
- Contents:
- Cutwater 1
- Part 1 Nuku Hiva 17
- Part 2 Pamilacan 39
- Part 3 Tonga 83
- Part 4 Lamalera 111
- Tailpiece 187.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Great Britain : Little, Brown, c1999.
- ISBN:
- 0465076963
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