Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, A Sequel to 'Typee'
Boston: D.D. Nickerson Co., 1892. Austin, Henry; Shute, A. Burham. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2344482
Minor loss to spine head and to spine base, boards very lightly soiled.
xiii, 365 pp. Frontispiece by Henry Austin; 4 plates by A. Burham Shute. "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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