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Author: Herman Melville
Typee (originally subtitled A Peep at Polynesian Life), catapulted Herman Melville to fame at the age of 27 upon its publication in 1846. Ostensibly a novel, the story is closely based o the author's four month sojourn with a group of South Sea Islanders, the Typees, after he and a companion deserted their whaling ship. Initially the two Ameri...  more »
ISBN: 45715
Pages: 389
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Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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A real romance of the South Seas.


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