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Place·New BedfordMentioned by Smithsonian Magazine
“More than three years have elapsed since the occurrence of the events recorded in this volume. The interval, with the exception of the last few months, has been chiefly spent by the author tossing about on the wide ocean. Sailors are the only class of men who now-a-days see anything like stirring…”
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Smithsonian MagazineFeb 3

Fervent Fans of 'Moby-Dick' Flock to This Massachusetts City to Read the Book Cover to Cover

Once the whaling capital of the world, New Bedford remembers Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece with an annual reading marathon

Melville's romanticized adventure-travel book

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