In search of Moby Dick : quest for the white whale
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In search of Moby Dick : quest for the white whale
Da Capo Press, 2001
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"This Da Capo paperback edition of In search of Moby Dick is unabridged republication of the English-language edition published in 2000 by Basic Books.It was first published in Great Britain in 1999 by Little, Brown and Company" -- T.p. verso
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First time in paperback: "A riveting traveler's adventure.Original, audacious, and exuberant-signature Severin." -New York Times. Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick immortalized the idea of a mammoth sperm whale roaming the seas, wreaking havoc on all that crossed its path. But could such a creature actually exist, then or now? To find out, the acclaimed adventure writer and explorer Tim Severin set off to the islands of the South Pacific in search of one of our most iconic modern myths. From the Marquesas Archipelago, where the twenty-one-year-old Melville deserted his whaling ship in 1842, through the Philippines, Tonga, and Indonesia, Severin follows a trail of ocean legend and lore to the last surviving islanders who hunt the great whale by hand, shadowing a victorious hunt from Stone Age boats and uncovering tantalizing evidence of the existence of a Great White Whale. In this captivating account of his voyage, Severin traces not only the origins of Melville's legendary literary creation but also something of the spiritual relationship between the islanders and the creatures of the sea, the hunter and his prey.
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