Why Read Moby-Dick?

Name: Why Read Moby-Dick?
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ISBN: 9780670022991

ISBN-10: 0670022993

ISBN-13: 9780670022991

Edition: 2011

Authors: Nathaniel Philbrick

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The New York Timesbestselling author of seagoing epics now celebrates an American classic. Moby-Dickis perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject matter create an aura of difficulty that too often keeps readers at bay. Fortunately, one unabashed fan wants passionately to give Melville's masterpiece the broad contemporary audience it deserves. In his National Book Award- winning bestseller, In the Heart of the Sea,Nathaniel Philbrick captivatingly unpacked the story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex, the real-life incident that inspired Melville to write Moby- Dick. Now, he sets his sights on the fiction itself, offering a cabin master's tour of…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 10/20/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English