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. Contents. Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Melville Lives 1 part i: shipping out 1 . That Everlasting Itch The Allure of Whaling and Marathon Reading 19 2 . Queequeg’s Ink The Dilemma of Reading the Inscrutable 43 part ii: readers and crew 3 . Captain and Mates Honored Readers 73 4 . Harpooners and Sailors The Unsung Readers 97 part iii: twenty-five tumultuous hours 5 . Survival Enduring the Sledge-Hammering Seas of the Soul 129 6 . The Breach Exulting in the Whale 161 Conclusion: Poetry in and beyond Moby-Dick 189 Notes 213 Index 237 ...