whaling ships

"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.

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.

Riveting true story of three men who trek 1,500 miles through near-impassable arctic waste to rescue stranded whalers in 1897.

Describes the incredible adventures on the American whaling ship Grampus.

A fully illustrated and adapted version of Herman Melville's classic story of the obsessed Captain Ahab as he pursues the great white whale.

Herman Melville's classic novel about a young seaman who joins the crew of a whaling ship commanded by the fanatical Captain Ahab, who is in pursuit of a white whale.

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.

Thirteen-year-old orphan Peter Starbuck has many adventures after setting sail as a cabin boy aboard the whaling bark "Tiger Eye" in 1863.

Presents a story of adventure and discovery on the high seas.