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Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee.
  • Author: Herman Melville


The Daily Alta California publication office building, San Francisco
View of the three-story building where the Daily Alta California Newspaper's publication office was located. A man stands at the entrance to the building.