Melville's continuing adventures in the South Seas?now for the
first time in Penguin Classics
Following the commercial and critical success of "Typee,"
Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea
adventure-romances with "Omoo." Named after the Polynesian term for
a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, "Omoo"
chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel
and is based on Melville's personal experiences as a crew member on
a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for
sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a
first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth
century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of
the far-flung locales of Polynesia.
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