In the opening of this book, Father Mapple provides a sermon about Jonah; that sermon is attended by one of the harpooners, whose coffin ironically ends up saving another character's life. The main human character of this book offers a gold doubloon to whoever finds the title character first. One character in this book, named (*)  Queequeg, is one of the many people on the crew of the Pequod. This novel's first words, "Call me Ishmael", reveal the name of the only person on that crew to survive the book. For 10 points, name this Herman Melville novel about Captain Ahab's unsuccessful fight wit
In the opening of this book, Father Mapple provides a sermon about Jonah; that sermon is attended by one of the harpooners, whose coffin ironically ends up saving another character's life. The main human character of this book offers a gold doubloon to whoever finds the title character first. One character in this book, named (*)  Queequeg, is one of the many people on the crew of the Pequod. This novel's first words, "Call me Ishmael", reveal the name of the only person on that crew to survive the book. For 10 points, name this Herman Melville novel about Captain Ahab's unsuccessful fight with a titular white whale.
In the opening of this book, Father Mapple provides a sermon about Jonah; that sermon is attended by one of the harpooners, whose coffin ironically ends up saving another character's life.
Moby-Dick  (accept  The Whale  before "white whale"; prompt after)