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" Ahab's wife, or, The star-gazer : "
by Sena Jeter Naslund ; illustrations by Christopher Wormell.
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BL
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1002805
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b757175
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| Main Entry
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Naslund, Sena Jeter.
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| Title & Author
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Ahab's wife, or, The star-gazer : : a novel /\ by Sena Jeter Naslund ; illustrations by Christopher Wormell.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: William Morrow,, ©1999.
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xix, 668 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0060838744
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: 0061767654
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: 0688171877
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: 0688177859
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: 9780060838744
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: 9780061767654
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: 9780688171872
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: 9780688177850
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| Notes
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A novel inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
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| Abstract
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The adventures of Una Spenser who went to sea disguised as a cabin boy. Shipwrecked, she marries one of the survivors, then falls in love with Captain Ahab, a man obsessed with a white whale. She becomes involved in fighting slavery and in women's rights.
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Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character), Fiction.
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Ship captains' spouses, Fiction.
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Whalers' spouses, Fiction.
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Women-- Massachusetts, Fiction.
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Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)
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Ship captains' spouses.
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Whalers' spouses.
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Women.
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Nantucket Island (Mass.), Fiction.
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Massachusetts, Nantucket Island.
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Massachusetts.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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PS3564.A827A76 1999
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| Added Entry
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891.
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| Parallel Title
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Ahab's wife
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: Star-gazer
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