Omoo
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Melville's continuing adventures in the South Seas—now for the first time in Penguin ClassicsFollowing 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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Edition identifiers ISBN-13 9798629489375
Subjects
- Description and travel
- Fiction
- Literature
- Classic Literature
- Travel
- Mutiny
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Polynesia, fiction
- Fiction, action & adventure
- Social life and customs
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Edition2020 · Independently Published
- Extent
- 816 pages
- Language
- English
- EAN-13
- 9798629489375
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External search linksEdition2020 · Independently Published
- Extent
- 334 pages
- Language
- English
- EAN-13
- 9798633255621
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External search linksEdition2020 · Independently Published
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Language
- English
- EAN-13
- 9798629489139
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External search linksEdition2020 · Independently Published
- Extent
- 252 pages
- Language
- English
- EAN-13
- 9798621493509
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External search linksPaperbackDecember 21, 2005 · Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
- Extent
- 398 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1425542530
- EAN-13
- 9781425542535
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External search linksPaperbackDecember 21, 2005 · Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
- Extent
- 390 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1425541607
- EAN-13
- 9781425541606
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External search linksHardcoverAugust 9, 2007 · IndyPublish
- Extent
- 316 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1435326199
- EAN-13
- 9781435326194
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External search linksPaperbackAugust 9, 2007 · IndyPublish
- Extent
- 316 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1435326210
- EAN-13
- 9781435326217
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