Why Read Moby-Dick?

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Book Overview

Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject matter create an aura of difficulty that too often keeps readers at bay. Fortunately, one unabashed fan wants passionately to give Melville's masterpiece the broad contemporary audience it deserves. In his National Book Award- winning bestseller, In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick captivatingly unpacked the story of the wreck of the whaleship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670022993
• ISBN13: 9780670022991
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher