TABLE of CONTENTS Chapter 1 Ishmael 4 Chapter 2 The Whaling Ship Pequod 8 Chapter 3 The Unseen Captain 12 Chapter 4 Captain Ahab's Quest 16 Chapter 5 Strange Omens 20 Chapter 6 The Great White Whale 24 About the Author 30 Additional Works 31 About the Adapter 31 Glossary 32 Web Sites 32
Chapter 1 Ishmael Call me Ishmael I am a schoolteacher But whenever my life would get me down I could always find comfort in the sea So I went to Nantucket Massachusetts the center of whaling I had arrived in New Bedford but the last ship to Nantucket had left already I yearned to travel but not as a passenger I went as a worker so I could get paid instead of paying I had gone to sea before and decided I now wanted to try my hand at whaling So I found a cheap inn
I NEED A ROOM PLEASE WE'RE OUT OF ROOMS BUT I CAN BUNK YOU UP WITH SOMEONE ELSE The inn was filthy but I had no other choice YOUR ROOMMATE IS OUT SELLING HIS HEAD HIS WHAT DON'T YA WORRY HE'S FROM THE SOUTH SEAS AND SELLS SHRUNK N HEADS That worried me but it did not concern the innkeeper He only cared about getting his rent
