Omoo : A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
by Herman Melville
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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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- Omoo : A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
- Author
- Herman Melville
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- Paperback
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- Used - Acceptable
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- ISBN 10
- 0810101602
- ISBN 13
- 9780810101609
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1968
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