An American Classic, told by a masterful story-teller from the early 19th Century. It is a story of the adventures of a wandering sailor named Ishmael, his Indian friend Queequeg and their fateful voyage on the whaler Pequod out of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The Pequod was captained by Ahab, a demented soul, torn by his desire to wreak vengeance upon a white sperm whale that, on a previous voyage, had destroyed his boat and bitten off his leg. To Ahab, this voyage was not to harvest the oil of the great beasts of the ocean and make a profit for the ship owners that made him Captain; rather it was a quest for vengeance on his nemesis, Moby Dick, the great White Whale.
The reader will find this a very adventurous story as well as an informative one. One can get an excellent glimpse of life in early America and the New England whaling traditions.
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