Herman Melville
1) Moby-Dick
Author
Language
English
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Description
A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel,...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The Confidence Man (1857) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. After the failure of his novels Moby-Dick (1851) and Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852), Melville struggled to find a publisher who would accept his work. When it was published, The Confidence Man was seen as a flawed, unnecessarily complicated novel, and beyond several collections of poetry, it all but ended Melville's career as a professional writer. When Melville's work was...
4) Moby Dick
Author
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Graphic Novels, Illustrated, Herman Melville, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. These literary masterpieces are made easy and interesting. This series features classic tales retold with...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
xvii, 668 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A companion to Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick," in which Una Spenser tells the story of her life, and discusses her loving marriage to Captain Ahab before the white whale took his leg and drove him into madness.
9) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Publisher
Campfire
Physical Desc
84 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells in graphic novel format Melville's story about Captain Ahab's search for Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him.
11) Mighty Moby
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bedtime story of a whale hunt inspired by the classic tale of the hunt for Moby Dick, here with a new twist. Deep in the dark ocean, Mighty Moby lurks. Up above the ocean waves, a one-legged captain pursues the whale he clashed with long ago.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (78 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Ishmael and Queequeg set out on the Pequod with their hearts set on adventure. But the ship's captain is bent on revenge against a white whale that caused him to lose his leg. And the ship's quest becomes an epic adventure that leaves only one man standing.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (77 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Offers an adaptation of Melville's "Moby Dick," starring Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. When Moby the white whale steals Captain Quackhab's lucky dime, the captain chases Moby across the seas to get it back.
Author
Series
Phoenix book volume P99
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
c1962
Language
English
19) Moby-Dick
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
149 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
20) Moby Dick
Author
Publisher
Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English