| Moby Dick and the Whaling Industry of the 19th Century Contributor(s): Faiella, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823945057 ISBN-13: 9780823945054 Publisher: Rosen Young Adult OUR PRICE: $35.27 Product Type: Library Binding Published: February 2004 Annotation: The novel Moby Dick is the story of a captain's obsession to get revenge by killing the white whale that had bitten off his leg. The climax of the novel, the attack and sinking of the whale ship Pequod by the white whale Moby Dick, was based on a true incident involving the whale ship Essex, which sank after being attacked by a whale Using primary sources, this book illuminates the history of the whaling industry in its heyday and how Herman Melville used his life experience and research to create what some twentieth-century critics have called the greatest work of American fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Literary Criticism & Collections |
| Dewey: 813.3 |
| LCCN: 2003015893 |
| Series: Looking at Literature Through Primary Sources |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 7.4" W x 9.52" (0.80 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 83914 Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
