Moby-Dick

"e;I would strike the sun if it insulted me."e;Ishmael, a schoolmaster seeking adventure, signs onto the Pequod, a whaling ship departing from Nantucket. He soon learns that this is no ordinary commercial voyage. The ship's commander, Captain Ahab, is consumed by a monomaniacal quest to destroy Moby Dick the legendary white sperm whale that claimed his leg. As the ship traverses the globe, the cre...