Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick; or, The Whale” is synonymous with New Bedford, the 19th century center of the world’s whaling industry. You probably know it’s about the obsessed (many would say “possessed’) Captain Ahab and his pursuit of a great white sperm whale, one that cost him a leg, his sanity and his life — along …
Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick; or, The Whale” is synonymous with New Bedford, the 19th century center of the world’s whaling industry. You probably know it’s about the obsessed (many would say “possessed’) Captain Ahab and his pursuit of a great white sperm whale, one that cost him a leg, his sanity and his life — along …
