Omoo (Unabridged) - Herman Melville

Omoo (Unabridged)

By Herman Melville

  • Release Date: 2010-08-31
  • Genre: Fiction
  • © 2010 Audible Studios

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Omoo (Unabridged) Herman Melville

Summary : Omoo (Unabridged)

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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