Ahab's wife, or, The star-gazer
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Author
Naslund, Sena Jeter.
Contributors
Wormell, Christopher
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
Published
New York : Harper Perennial, [2005].
Format
Book
Edition
1st Harper Perennial ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 668 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Status
On Shelf
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Naslund, S
1 available
Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction Naslund, S
1 available
Southside - Adult
Fiction Naslund, S
1 available

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Main Library - AdultFiction Naslund, SOn Shelf
Oliver La Farge - AdultFiction Naslund, SOn Shelf
Southside - AdultFiction Naslund, SOn Shelf

Extras

More Details

Published
New York : Harper Perennial, [2005].
Edition
1st Harper Perennial ed.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
A novel inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
General Note
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1999 by William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Description
A companion to Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick," in which Una Spenser tells the story of her life, and discusses her loving marriage to Captain Ahab before the white whale took his leg and drove him into madness.

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Ahab, -- Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Nantucket Island (Mass.) -- Fiction.
Ship captains' spouses -- Fiction.
Whalers' spouses -- Fiction.
Women -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.