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Melville's continuing adventures in the South Seas—now for the first time in Penguin ClassicsFollowing 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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Omoo: A Narrative Of Adventures In The South Seas
April 1, 2005, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Omoo: a narrative of adventures in the South Seas
1907, J.M. Dent & Co., E.P. Dutton & Co.
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"IT was in the middle of a bright tropical afternoon that we made good our escape from the bay."
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