Moby Dick
Registered by 
GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 3/23/2020
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 3/23/2020 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
This softcover was among the books donated to the local library for distribution to the Little Free Libraries.
I'd enjoyed Moby Dick when I first read it in school, though at the time I preferred the action sequences; later on I re-read it and found that I liked the various digressions into the history and techniques of whaling and the culture of the islands even more. It's a book that repays multiple readings very handsomely indeed. Memorable bits include the unlikely friendship of Queequeg and Ishmael, the terrifying ordeal of little Pip the cabin boy, and of course Ahab's confrontation with Moby Dick, not to mention the heartwrenching encounter with another ship, the Rachel, whose captain is also seeking something - his son, lost during a recent encounter with the white whale...
The book has inspired a number of screen adaptations, of which my favorite is the classic 1956 film. [There's a TV Tropes page on the book with some entertaining tidbits.]
I'd enjoyed Moby Dick when I first read it in school, though at the time I preferred the action sequences; later on I re-read it and found that I liked the various digressions into the history and techniques of whaling and the culture of the islands even more. It's a book that repays multiple readings very handsomely indeed. Memorable bits include the unlikely friendship of Queequeg and Ishmael, the terrifying ordeal of little Pip the cabin boy, and of course Ahab's confrontation with Moby Dick, not to mention the heartwrenching encounter with another ship, the Rachel, whose captain is also seeking something - his son, lost during a recent encounter with the white whale...
The book has inspired a number of screen adaptations, of which my favorite is the classic 1956 film. [There's a TV Tropes page on the book with some entertaining tidbits.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Litchfield Park at Sawmill Brook in Litchfield, New Hampshire USA on Monday, June 1, 2020
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Litchfield Park at Sawmill Brook in Litchfield, New Hampshire USA on Monday, June 1, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (6/1/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library, Litchfield Park at Sawmill Brook in Litchfield, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.I left this book in the Little Free Library on this cool day; hope someone enjoys it!
[See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2020 Allergic to A challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2020 Movie challenge. ***
