Herman Melville
43) Moby-Dick
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
44) Billy Budd
Author
Series
A Spotlight dramabook volume SD4
Pub. Date
[1962, c1951]
Description
A 3-act play based on Herman Melville's novel about life on board a British warship during the late 1700's.
47) Moby Dick
Series
Pub. Date
1956.
Description
Consumed by an insane thirst for revenge, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life--vengeance on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.
48) Moby Dick
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
A skipper of a 19th century whaling boat is obsessed with the idea of harpooning the whale that is responsible for the loss of his leg.
49) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Ishmael's dream of adventure on a whaling ship becomes a nightmare as the voyage turns into a struggle for survival. Captain Ahab, maimed by a monster whale, is obsessed with revenge. As the crew discovers, he is willing to risk everything to destroy the whale.
50) Moby Dick
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Captain Ahab, obsessed with the whale who disfigured him, forces his tired and mutinous crew to travel the seas until they find it.
52) Moby Dick
Pub. Date
2011
Description
In this two-part made-for-TV retelling of the legendary Herman Melville tale, Ishmael, sole survivor of the lost whaling ship The Pequod, relates the tale of monomaniacal Captain Ahab 's self-destructive obsession to hunt and slay the elusive great white whale, Moby Dick, who disfigured him, forcing his tired and mutinous crew to travel the seas until they find it.