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Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

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Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

by Melville, Herman

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0810101602
ISBN 13
9780810101609
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Northwestern Univ Pr, 1968. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo. Chicago: Northwestern, 1968. No publication date. Trade paperback, 380 pp. A definitive scholarly edition of Omoo, Melville second book, with essays, bibliography and variants. Writing to a couple of pages, else clean book, appears little-read. Very good..

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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.

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Title
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
Author
Melville, Herman
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
ISBN 10
0810101602
ISBN 13
9780810101609
Publisher
Northwestern Univ Pr
Place of Publication
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published
1968
Size
8vo
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