| Typee Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1533584591 ISBN-13: 9781533584595 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1846 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8" W x 10" (0.84 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Six months at sea Yes, reader, as I live, six months out of sight of land; cruising after the sperm whale beneath the scorching sun of the Line, and tossed on the billows of the wide-rolling Pacific-the sky above, the sea around, and nothing else Weeks and weeks ago our fresh provisions were all exhausted. There is not a sweet potato left; not a single yam. Those glorious bunches of bananas which once decorated our stern and quarter-deck, have, alas, disappeared and the delicious oranges which hung suspended from our tops and stays-they, too, are gone Yes, they are all departed, and there is nothing left us but salt-horse and sea-biscuit. Oh for a refreshing glimpse of one blade of grass-for a snuff at the fragrance of a handful of the loamy earth Is there nothing fresh around us? Is there no green thing to be seen? Yes, the inside of our bulwarks is painted green; but what a vile and sickly hue it is, as if nothing bearing even the semblance of verdure could flourish this weary way from land. Even the bark that once clung to the wood we use for fuel has been gnawed off and devoured by the captain's pig; and so long ago, too, that the pig himself has in turn been devoured. |
