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Herman Melville's whaling years /

"Based on more than a half-century of research, Herman Melville's Whaling Years is an essential work for Melville scholars - and all readers who like adventure. In meticulous and thoroughly documented detail, it examines one of the most stimulating periods in the great author's life -...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heflin, Wilson L. (Wilson Lumpkin), 1913-
Otros Autores: Edwards, Mary K. Bercaw, Heffernan, Thomas Farel, 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2004.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Merry Christmas
  • The Acushnet and Her Owners
  • Captain Valentine Pease, Jr.
  • Ship's Company
  • The Agreement and the Law
  • All Astir
  • On Passage
  • There She Blows
  • Rio, the Horn, and the In-Shore Ground
  • Santa
  • The Off-Shore Ground
  • A Dead Whale or a Stove Boat
  • Enchanted Isles
  • Tumbez and More Cruising
  • Authentic Eden in a Pagan Sea
  • Jimmy and Toby
  • The Troublesome Crew of the Lucy Ann
  • Nantucket Whaler
  • Lahaina and Honolulu
  • Mutiny, Mayhem, and the Town-Ho
  • Toby Greene
  • The Marquesas
  • Oil from Whales.