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Moby-Dick - Wikipedia  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 ... "Call me Ishmael" is among world literature's most famous opening ... as The Whale in London in October 1851, and under its definitive title in New .... Both ships sight whales simultaneously, with the Pequod winning the contest.
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The True-Life Horror That Inspired Moby-Dick | History | Smithsonian  Mar 1, 2013 ... The whaler Essex was indeed sunk by a whaleand that's only the beginning. ... But Melville knew Pollard's ordeal at sea did not end with the ... The 87-foot-long ship was hit by a squall that destroyed its topgallant sail and nearly sank it. .... Joseph S. Cummins, Cannibals: Shocking True Tales of the Last...
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Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia  Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, launched in 1799. While under .... Chase prepared to harpoon it from the deck when he realized that its tail was only inches .... Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex; Herman Melville used this as one of the inspirations for his novel Moby-Dick (1851).
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Penn Yan's Whale Tale - Yates County History Center  It told the story of the Nantucket whaling ship Essex that was on an expedition ... author, Herman Melville, in the writing of his most famous novel, Moby Dick, which ... that its original owner, Thomas Nickerson, had been the Essex's cabin boy.
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When whales attack: the horrific truth about Moby-Dick  Apr 14, 2016 ... Could a whale really attack and sink a great ship, as Moby Dick ... and although modern sperm whales grow to only 65ft, Melville and his ... Its tail, as broad as a house, could dash a flimsy whaleboat to .... Street Cat Bob: 500,000 Facebook followers, five million books... meet the world's most famous cat.
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Pequod (Moby-Dick) - Wikipedia  The Pequod is a fictional 19th-century Nantucket whaling ship that appears in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by American author Herman Melville. The Pequod and her crew, commanded by Captain Ahab, are central to the ... Most of the characters in the novel are part of the Pequod's crew, including the narrator Ishmael.
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Moby-Dick - Wikipedia  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 ... The chief mate is 30-year-old Starbuck, a Nantucket Quaker with a realist mentality, whose harpooneer is Queequeg; ... Southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, the Pequod makes the first of nine sea-encounters, or "gams", with other...
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Locations as Characters, A Look at Geography in Moby-Dick - MIT ...  Mar 14, 2013 ... Melville's Moby-Dick is a richly woven psychological masterpiece. Time and ... For example in Chapter 49, The Hyena, Stubb exclaims .... chapter. 82 is titled The Honor and Glory of Whaling, in which many revered heroes and gods are argued to be .... 21L.501 The American Novel: Stranger and Stranger.
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Whalers' stories (19th century): the reasons of some editorial failures ...  man who signs on with the Pequod, a whaleship commanded by Captain Ahab. ... The novel is partly based on reality: ... Owen Chase, first mate of the Essex wrote about the shipwreck due to a whale attack in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distres- .... His book is said to have inspired Melville to write Moby Dick.
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Moby-Dick - Wikipedia  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler the Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale .... Ishmael digresses on pictures of whales, brit (microscopic sea creatures on...
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Moby-Dick - Wikipedia  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the ... "Call me Ishmael" is among world literature's most famous opening sentences. The product of a year and a...
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Moby-Dick - Wikipedia  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler the Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale .... Stubb and Flask kill a right whale whose head is fastened to a yardarm...
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[1843] a Dead Whale or a Stove Boat - Scribd  Melville's original Ahab was such a demonic character (which was faithfully reproduced in .... leg and a barbaric-looking artificial leg carved from the jawbone of a whale. .... SPERM WHALE STR 55 CON 45 SIZ 45 DEX 3 APP 5 HP 45 Move 40...
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Herman Melville . Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World ...  In October 1851, The Whale, printed later as Moby Dick, was published in London. The allegorical undertones that Melville cultivated throughout the novel...
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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Quotes by Herman Melville - Goodreads  I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing. ... about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself ... and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own. .... Such an abounding, affectionate, friendly, loving feeling did this avocation...
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Moby Dick by Leon Liu on Prezi  He met the ships owners Peleg and Bildad Where he made a deal ... Ahab The mysterious The Prize "Whosoever of ye raises me a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow and a crooked jaw; whosoever ... whoever of ye raises me that same white whale, he shall have this gold ... Captain of The Rachel begs Ahab to look
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Moby-Dick - Wikipedia  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 .... Her captain shouts that the harpoon which can kill the white whale has yet to .... While it may be rare for a mid-19th century American book to feature black ..... in 184142, and one incident in particular, now served as inspiration.
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Moby Dick Summary | GradeSaver  The novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville is an epic tale of the voyage of the whaling ship ... In Nantucket, Queequeg and Ishmael choose between three ships for a year ... including the Indian harpooner Tashtego, the African harpooner Daggoo. ... At last, Ahab tells the crew of the Pequod to look for a white-headed whale...
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Chapter 81: The Pequod Meets The Virgin | Moby Dick | Herman ...  Year Published: 1851; Language: English; Country of Origin: United States of ... us our coffee, is the Yarman; don't you see that big tin can there alongside of him? ... evinced his complete ignorance of the White Whale; immediately turning the ... I tell ye what it is, men- cried Stubb to his crew- it's against my religion to get...
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Pequod (Moby-Dick) - Wikipedia  The Pequod is a fictional 19th-century Nantucket whaling ship that appears in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by American author Herman Melville. The Pequod and her crew, commanded by Captain Ahab, are central to the...
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Moby-Dick - Wikipedia  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 .... Ishmael digresses on pictures of whales, brit (microscopic sea creatures on .... that is, the novel is structured around the two main characters, Ahab and ..... This list was probably drawn up by Melville himself: the titles of chapters...