Books like Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick!
First publish date: 1851
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Herman Melville
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