Why read Moby-Dick?
Shares expert guidelines on how to read and appreciate Herman Melville's classic work, offering insight into its history, characters, and themes while explaining its literary relevance in the modern world.
| Main Author: | Philbrick, Nathaniel. |
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| Corporate Authors: | Penguin Audio (Firm) |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Penguin Audio,
p2011.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| Summary: |
Shares expert guidelines on how to read and appreciate Herman Melville's classic work, offering insight into its history, characters, and themes while explaining its literary relevance in the modern world. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from disc surface. Compact discs. |
| Physical Description: |
2 sound disc (ca. 2 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9781611760248 1611760240 |
| Author Notes: |
After moving to Nantucket in 1986, he became interested in the history of the island and wrote Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People. In 2000 he published In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. A motion picture of the book was released in December 2015. His other books include Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition; Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War; The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn; Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution; Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, and In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown. (Bowker Author Biography) |