Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas (Penguin Classics)
by Melville, Herman
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- ISBN 13
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Melvilles continuing adventures in the South Seasnow for the first time in Penguin Classics Following the commercial and critical success of Typee , Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo . Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melvilles personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia.
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- Title
- Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas (Penguin Classics)
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Book Condition
- Used - CollectibleGood
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0143104926
- ISBN 13
- 9780143104926
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- This edition first published
- March 27, 2007
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