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- Author: Ted Morrissey
- Publisher: Twelve Winters Press
- ISBN-10: 0989515168
- ISBN-13: 9780989515160
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.9 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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"Weeping with an Ancient God" is a novella set in the Marquesas Islands in the summer of 1842. The protagonist, Melvill, has jumped ship from the whaler Acushnet into a wild, savage and exotically beautiful land. Melvill contemplates his dangerous present, his sad past and his wholly uncertain future on an island teeming with cannibals.The novella is based on author Herman Melville's real-life adventures as a young seaman. It includes nine illustrations by Adam G. Perschbacher, and a conversation with the author by Beth Gilstrap.
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- Author: Ted Morrissey
- Publisher: Twelve Winters Press
- ISBN-10: 0989515168
- ISBN-13: 9780989515160
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.9 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
"Weeping with an Ancient God" is a novella set in the Marquesas Islands in the summer of 1842. The protagonist, Melvill, has jumped ship from the whaler Acushnet into a wild, savage and exotically beautiful land. Melvill contemplates his dangerous present, his sad past and his wholly uncertain future on an island teeming with cannibals.The novella is based on author Herman Melville's real-life adventures as a young seaman. It includes nine illustrations by Adam G. Perschbacher, and a conversation with the author by Beth Gilstrap.
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