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Whipscars and Tattoos: The Last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori
Sanborn, Geoffrey (Associate Professor of English, Associate Professor of English, Bard College)
Whipscars and Tattoos: The Last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori
Sanborn, Geoffrey (Associate Professor of English, Associate Professor of English, Bard College)
Through careful historical research, Geoffrey Sanborn reveals how both James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville relied heavily on contemporary accounts of the indigenous natives of New Zealand, the Maori, to develop the iconic characters they created in The Last of the Mohicans and Moby-Dick.
224 pages, 10 illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 24, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780199751693 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 204 |
Dimensions | 213 × 147 × 23 mm · 340 g |