whaling

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.

"This publication accompanies the exhibition Moby-Dick at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, on view from September 22 through December 12, 2009, in the Logan Galleries on the San Francisco campus of California College of the Arts.".

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.

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.