Harrison Hayford
1) Moby Dick
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Call me Ishmael". So begins Moby-Dick, Herman Melville's epic account of the last voyage of the ill-fated whaling ship Pequod, and its captain's obsessive pursuit of the legendary white whale that maimed him years before. Melville's classic novel has given American literature some of its most iconic characters. Inspired by the real-life ordeal of the crew of the whaling ship Essex--who, in 1819, were set adrift in the heart of the sea for eighty-nine...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 24
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
1478 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vol. 24.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
©1962
Physical Desc
ix, 219 pages : facsimiles, tables ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through Billy Budd, a sailor sentenced to death after striking his false accusor, Melville explores the difference between earthly and divine justice.
Author
Series
Works volume 12
Publisher
Newberry Library
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
Northwestern-Newberry ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 893 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Works volume 9
Publisher
Newberry Library
Pub. Date
1987
Physical Desc
viii, 847 p. : facsims. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
