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Moby Dick : based on the novel by Herman Melville by retelling by Lew Sayre Schwartz; illustrations by Dick Giordano; historical text by Steve Urbon; colorist, Daniel Vozzo is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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SUMMARY: Killing a sixty-ton sperm whale that could destroy a boat with a flick of its massive tail was no easy task. Whalemen of the early nineteenth century were not just hunters, they were also explorers—sailing on the uncharted sea in search of some of the largest creatures on earth. The most famous whale of all? Moby Dick. Here are Ishmael, Queequeq, Ahab, and of course, Moby Dick, rendered anew in a dynamic comic book adaptation of one of the greatest American novels ever written. The book also includes information about Herman Melville, facts about whales, and the history of the whaling industry. With all the flare and blaze of Melville’s original story, Moby Dick is sure to intrigue a new generation of readers with this fast-paced and electric portrayal of the famous battle between man and beast. Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback "Clothbound Classics" series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. In Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick", Captain Ahab is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that

Author

retelling by Lew Sayre Schwartz; illustrations by Dick Giordano; historical text by Steve Urbon; colorist, Daniel Vozzo

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780618265718

Subjects

Crafts & Hobbies, Literary Fiction, Design

Rating

3.76 / 5 (2,009 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14