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This brief title is historian Philbrick's (The Last Stand) valentine to Herman Melville's singular masterpiece—a book that, perhaps, is the most equally admired and avoided classic in American literature, although those who have embraced it know that it also is one of the few revered works capable of surpassing its formidable reputation. In numerous, brief chapters, Philbrick, who also narrates, presents in very simple terms his argument for why Melville's briny story of obsession an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More