This novel narrated by Ishmael takes place aboard the Pequod.
One character in this novel tells a story about a person washing his hands in a punch bowl in his native town of Kokovoko. Another character, who is from the Isle of Man, declares, "How the three pines shake!" before making a comment about the sky during a storm which leads to a knife fight when Daggoo takes offense. The blacksmith Perth is given an important job, though his boss insists on welding his own iron. One group of characters, which includes a Quaker from Nantucket who does not want to seek revenge but instead wants to return to his family, is Flask, Stubb, and Starbuck. This novel narrated by Ishmael takes place aboard the Pequod. Name this book by Herman Melville about Captain Ahab's pursuit of a whale.
One character in this novel tells a story about a person washing his hands in a punch bowl in his native town of Kokovoko.
Moby-Dick