Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick by Richard J. King

Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick

Richard J. King

464 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing--or even a novel of the sea. Yet Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard avers M...

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4.25
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informative: 100%

reflective: 70%

inspiring: 40%

adventurous: 30%

funny: 30%

sad: 20%

challenging: 10%

dark: 10%

mysterious: 10%

relaxing: 10%


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22% of readers chose slow
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