Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
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  • Time Period:
    19th Century
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    374
  • Age Level:
    18 & up
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Melville's continuing adventures in the South Seas

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 Melville's 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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    • Jun-1968
    • Northwestern University Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0810101602
    • ISBN13: 9780810101609
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    • Mar-1992
    • Reprint Services Corporation
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0685544834
    • ISBN13: 9780685544839
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    • Jul-1999
    • Dover Publications
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0486408736
    • ISBN13: 9780486408736
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    • Nov-1999
    • Northwestern University Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0810117657
    • ISBN13: 9780810117655
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    • Jul-2000
    • Blue Unicorn Editions
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1583965335
    • ISBN13: 9781583965337
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    • Sep-2002
    • IndyPublish.com
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1404322639
    • ISBN13: 9781404322639
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    • Mar-1968
    • Amereon Ltd
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0848810988
    • ISBN13: 9780848810986
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    • Jun-1968
    • Northwestern University Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0810101629
    • ISBN13: 9780810101623
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    • Jan-1985
    • Routledge
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0710301332
    • ISBN13: 9780710301338
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    • Mar-1992
    • Reprint Services Corporation
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 078126796X
    • ISBN13: 9780781267960
    • Library Binding
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    • Oct-2001
    • IndyPublish.com
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1404322620
    • ISBN13: 9781404322622
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    • Oct-2003
    • IndyPublish.com
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1414205856
    • ISBN13: 9781414205854
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    • Mar-2007
    • Trajectory, Inc.
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1632096579
    • ISBN13: 9781632096579
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    • Apr-2007
    • Penguin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1101201479
    • ISBN13: 9781101201473
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    • May-2009
    • Floating Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1775410048
    • ISBN13: 9781775410041
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    • Jul-2009
    • ReadHowYouWant
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 144293848X
    • ISBN13: 9781442938489
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    • Sep-2009
    • B&R Samizdat Express
    • eBook
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    • Jan-2010
    • MobileReference
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1605013331
    • ISBN13: 9781605013336



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