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Barcode30293102328353
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call NoF Guo
TitleCall me Ishmaelle / Xiaolu Guo.
AuthorGuo, Xiaolu, 1973- author.
CollectionF
Total Circ0
NumReserves1
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102328353F Guo1/16/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780802166500 electronic book
International Standard Book Number 9780802166494 paperback
International Standard Book Number 0802166490 paperback
Personal Name Guo, Xiaolu, 1973- author.
Title Statement Call me Ishmaelle / Xiaolu Guo.
Edition Statement First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Black Cat, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2026.
Physical Description 429 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Summary, Etc. "1843. Ishmaelle is born in a small village on the stormy Kent coast where she grows up swimming with dolphins. After her parents and infant sister die, her brother, Joseph, leaves to find work as a sailor. Abandoned and desperate for a life at sea, Ishmaelle disguises herself as a cabin boy and travels to New York. Nearly twenty years later, as the American Civil War breaks out, Ishmaelle boards the Nimrod, a whaling ship led by the obsessive Captain Seneca, a Black free man of heroic stature who is haunted by a tragic past. Here, she finds protectors amidst the bloody male violence of whaling and discovers a mysterious bond between herself and the white whale who claimed Seneca's leg. Built on the bones of Melville's classic, Call Me Ishmaelle is a dynamic new tale, imbued with a diverse, swashbuckling crew -- from a Polynesian harpooner to a Taoist Monk-and a powerful exploration of human nature, gender, and the nature of home"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Orphans Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Whaling ships Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Enslaved persons Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels.
Index Term-Genre/Form Sea fiction.
Added Entry, Personal Name Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby dick.

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