Melville, Herman

Captain Ahab's determination to find and kill the great white whale becomes an obsession driving him to disaster.

Captain Ahab commands a whaling ship in search of Moby-Dick, the whale that took the captain's leg.

Presents Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" about Captain Ahab's obsession with finding and killing the great white whale that took off his leg.

Includes nine short sories by Herman Melville as well as notes on the texts, a chronology of Herman Melville, and a bibliography.

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.