Moby-Dick -- Herman Melville

<b>Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's <i>The Great American Read</i></b> <p/>First published in 1851, Herman Melville's masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick's words, "the greatest novel in American literature." The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel's narrator, Ishmael, <i>Moby-Dick</i> draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Herman Melville<br><b>Publisher:</b> Bantam Classics<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/1981<br><b>Pages:</b> 670<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.74lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.97h x 4.26w x 1.13d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780553213119<br><b>Age Range:</b> 3-5<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 10.3<br><b>Point Value:</b> 42<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>711 / Moby-Dick, Or, the Whale (English)<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Newsweek</i> 12/03/2007 pg. 20<br><i>Christian Century</i> 10/21/2008 pg. 31<br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 07/05/2013 pg. 97<br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 10/25/2013 pg. 103<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Elizabeth Hardwick</b> (1916-2007) is the author of