Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas Paperback - 2007
by Herman Melville
Melville's continuing adventures in the South Seas now for the first time in Penguin Classics
Following the commercial and critical success of Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo. Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melville's personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia.
Summary
Following the commercial and critical success of Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo. Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melvilles personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia.
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- Title Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
- Author Herman Melville
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
- Date March 27, 2007
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143104926 / 0143104926
- Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 7.72 x 5.16 x 0.73 in (19.61 x 13.11 x 1.85 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Australian
- Library of Congress subjects Adventure stories, Polynesia - Description and travel
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006050737
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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