Omoo
by Melville, Herman
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486408736
- ISBN 13
- 9780486408736
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About This Item
Synopsis
Melvilles continuing adventures in the South Seasnow 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 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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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8195886-6
- Title
- Omoo
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486408736
- ISBN 13
- 9780486408736
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1999-07
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