Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick by Richard J. King

Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick

Richard J. King

464 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing--or even a novel of the sea. Yet Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard avers M...

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Moods

informative 100%
reflective 66%
adventurous 33%
funny 33%
inspiring 33%
sad 33%
challenging 16%
dark 16%
mysterious 16%
relaxing 16%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 33%

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