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Moby Dick or The Whale

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Author(s):Herman Melville
Publisher(s): Richard Bentley
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Year Published: 1851
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
American
Fiction - novel
Nature – Mammals
Sea Stories
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 640
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 7390807087

Description

Moby Dick or The Whale has a good claim to the title of The Great American Novel. Based on the story of the Essex, whaler, destroyed by a whale in the southern Pacific Ocean, Melville draws on his own experiences as a seaman. Read online at Hathitrust.

Other Editions

Moby Dick or The White Whale (1922)

Moby Dick or The White Whale has a good claim to the title of The Great American Novel. Based on the story of the Essex, whaler, destroyed by a whale in the southern Pacific Ocean, Melville draws on his own experiences as a seaman. Read online at Hathitrust.

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co.
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