Whipscars and Tattoos: The Last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori

by Geoffrey Sanborn

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In this original study, Geoffrey Sanborn presents a fresh interpretation of the villanous Magua in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (1826) and of the dignified harpooner Queequeg in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851). Through careful historical research, Sanborn has determined that both authors relied heavily on contemporary accounts of the indigenous natives of New Zealand, the Maori, to develop their iconic characters. Cooper drew...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199751692

ISBN13:9780199751693

Release Date:February 2011

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:204 Pages

Weight:0.74 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"

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