by R. Allen Shoaf (Author)

This is sure to one day be a seminal work related to Melville's work, in the way the works of Charles Olson are. Shoaf has done the leg work. He understands the work, and he has created herein a magnum opus. New Plains Press is delighted to celebrate the work of this devout lover of the written word, critic and writer, who examines the whale from close up, eye ball to eye ball.