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Melville, Herman

Summary: Melville wrote of his masterpiece, "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it." In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1984

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: J.M. Dent 1993

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 1967

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Amsco School Publications, Inc. 1971

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 0000

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Melville, Herman

Summary: A young seaman joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1987

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FICTION Melville 1987

Melville, Herman

Summary: A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2001

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 1996

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2002

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. 1983

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Association 1989

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2000

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1983

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Melville, Herman

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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1982

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Melville, Herman

Summary: Publisher's description: Almost from the time of its publication in 1846, Melville's first book, based on his own travels in the South Seas, has been recognized as a classic in the literature of travel and adventure. Although initially rejected as too fantastic to be true, Typee was immensely popular and regarded in Melville's lifetime as his best work. It established his reputation as the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 2003

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Peck, Gregory

Summary: Captain Ahab, obsessed with the whale who disfigured him, forces his tired and mutinous crew to travel the seas until they find it.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2015

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MOB

Young, Ed

Summary: A bedtime story of a whale hunt inspired by the classic tale of the hunt for Moby Dick, here with a new twist. Deep in the dark ocean, Mighty Moby lurks. Up above the ocean waves, a one-legged captain pursues the whale he clashed with long ago.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017

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Kimmel, Eric A.

Summary: Captain Ahab takes his crew on a mission to find Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2012

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Olmstead, Kathleen.

Summary: An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010

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Summary: A young, successful author is haunted by a recurring dream of a woman obscured in darkness.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Winstar TV & Video 2000

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Ness, Patrick

Summary: With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt, fighting in the ongoing war against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the Abyss, they expect to find easy prey. Instead, they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself. As their relentless captain leads the chase, they embark on a final, vengeful...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018

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Summary: An innocent, naive British Naval seaman is accused and tried of murdering the sadistic master-at-arms.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007

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Summary: Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life-- revenge on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.

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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MOB

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Moby 2001

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