Ahab's wife, or, the star-gazer
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New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009.
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9780061767654, 0061767654
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New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009.
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xvii, 668 pages, 16 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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9780061767654, 0061767654

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Inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
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The adventures of Una Spenser who went to sea disguised as a cabin boy. Shipwrecked, she marries one of the survivors, then falls in love with Captain Ahab, a man obsessed with a white whale. She becomes involved in fighting slavery and in women's rights.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Naslund, S. J., Wormell, C., & Melville, H. (2009). Ahab's wife, or, the star-gazer (First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition.). Harper Perennial Modern Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Naslund, Sena Jeter, Christopher. Wormell and Herman Melville. 2009. Ahab's Wife, Or, the Star-gazer. Harper Perennial Modern Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Naslund, Sena Jeter, Christopher. Wormell and Herman Melville. Ahab's Wife, Or, the Star-gazer Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Naslund, Sena Jeter., Christopher Wormell, and Herman Melville. Ahab's Wife, Or, the Star-gazer First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition., Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009.

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