Redburn, his first voyage ; White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war ; Moby-Dick, or, The whale
By: Herman Melville.
Contributors: Tanselle, G. Thomas 1934-
Series: The Library of America
Publisher: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc.; Distributed to the trade by the Viking Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1437
Subjects: Sea stories, American
Other titles: Redburn, his first voyage.; White-jacket.; Moby-Dick.
Description: Reburn is the story that relates a young man's initiation into the sailors life; White-Jacket is the story that is a semi-autobiographical account of experiences in the U.S. Navy; Moby-Dick, or the whale is the most famous of Melville's works, and tells the story of Ahab, a ship captain that has become obessed with the hunt for the whale he has named Moby-Dick.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Spine title: Redburn, White-jacket, Moby-Dick.
Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle.
Texts reproduced from the Northwestern-Newberry ed. of the Writings of Herman Melville published by Northwestern University Press and the Newberry Library.