Screen LibraryMoby Dick : based on the novel by Herman Melville /
Killing a sixty-ton sperm whale that could destroy a boat with a flick of its massive tail was no easy task. Whalemen of the early nineteenth century were not just hunters, they were also explorers-sailing on the uncharted sea in search of some of the largest creatures on earth. The most famous whal...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Killing a sixty-ton sperm whale that could destroy a boat with a flick of its massive tail was no easy task. Whalemen of the early nineteenth century were not just hunters, they were also explorers-sailing on the uncharted sea in search of some of the largest creatures on earth. The most famous whale of all? Moby Dick. Here are Ishmael, Queequeq, Ahab, and of course, Moby Dick, rendered anew in a dynamic comic book adaptation of one of the greatest American novels ever written. The book also includes information about Herman Melville, facts about whales, and the history of the whaling industry. With all the flare and blaze of Melville's original story, Moby Dick is sure to intrigue a new generation of readers with this fast-paced and electric portrayal of the famous battle between man and beast. |
| Carrier Form: | 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. |
| Audience: | Middle School |
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0618265716 (hardcover) 9780618265718 (hardcover) 0618265724 (pbk.) 9780618265725 (pbk.) : |
| Index Number: | PN6727 |
| CLC: | I712.84 |
| Call Number: | I712.84/S399 |
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Loomings -- The Carpet-Bag -- The Spouter-Inn -- The Counterpane -- Breakfast -- The Street -- The Chapel -- The Pulpit -- The Sermon -- A Bosom Friend -- Nightgown -- Biographical -- Wheelbarrow -- Nantucket -- Chowder -- The Ship -- The Ramadan -- His Mark -- The Prophet -- All Astir -- Going Aboard -- Merry Christmas -- The Lee Shore -- The Advocate -- Knights and Squires -- Ahab -- Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb -- The Pipe -- Queen Mab -- Cetology -- The Specksynder -- The Cabin-Table -- The Mast-Head -- The Quarter-Deck -- Sunset -- Dusk -- First Night-Watch -- Midnight, Forecastle -- Moby Dick -- The Whiteness of the Whale -- Hark! -- The Chart -- The Affidavit -- Surmises -- The Mat-Maker -- The First Lowering -- The Hyena -- Ahab's Boat and Crew. Fedallah -- The Spirit-Spout -- The Albatross -- The Gam -- The Town-Ho's Story -- Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales -- Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes -- Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars -- Brit -- Squid -- The Line -- Stubb Kills a Whale -- The Dart -- The Crotch -- Stubb's Supper -- The Whale as a Dish -- The Shark Massacre -- Cutting In -- The Blanket -- The Funeral -- The Sphynx -- The Jeroboam's Story -- The Monkey-Rope -- Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk over Him -- The Sperm Whale's Head--Contrasted View -- The Right Whale's Head--Contrasted View -- The Battering-Ram. |