whaling

An abridged version of Melville's classic tale of Captain Ahab and his insane quest for revenge against the enormous white whale that bit off his leg.

A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

A comic book-style retelling of Captain Ahab and the deadly white whale called Moby Dick.

"Tweet by tweet, a classic unfolds. Moby-Dick is regularly hailed as one of the greates works of American literature. But suppose Ishmael had instead shared his tale in tweets? #Moby-Dick; or, The Whale hilariously reimagines Herman Melville's classic whaling novel in just two hundred tweets, each 280 characters or less"--Jacket flap.

"Ishmael and his friend, Queequeg, join Captain Ahab to hunt for a famous white whale"--Provided by publisher.

Moby Dick is a ferocious white whale who is pursued in a fury of revenge by Captain Ahab.

During almost four years at sea with her whaling captain father, thirteen-year-old Rebecca finds life both boring and difficult--especially when the ship is nearly sunk by a hurricane.

Folowing their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings twelve-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship, where a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience puts her mathematical ability to good use.