Omoo : a narrative of adventures in the South Seas
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Geneva Public Library - First Floor Fiction
MELVILLE
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Physical Desc
xxxv, 374 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: Harper & Brothers, 1847.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxi]-xxxv).
Description
"Following the commercial and critical success of his first book, Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of South Seas adventure-romances with Omoo. Melville's second book chronicles the narrator's involvement in a mutiny aboard a South Seas whaling vessel, his incarceration in a Tahitian jail, and then his wanderings as an omoo, or rover, on the island of Eimeo (Moorea). Based on Melville's personal experience as a sailor on a South Pacific whaleship, Omoo is a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century, filled with colorful characters and detailed descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia."--BOOK JACKET.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Melville, H., & Edwards, M. K. B. (2007). Omoo: a narrative of adventures in the South Seas . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 and Mary K. Bercaw. Edwards. 2007. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. New York: Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 and Mary K. Bercaw. Edwards. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas New York: Penguin Books, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Melville, Herman, and Mary K. Bercaw Edwards. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas Penguin Books, 2007.
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