Nathaniel Philbrick quoteNathaniel Philbrick [1956-0]
American Author 
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| Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century. |
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