Call Me Ishmaelle.
London. Vintage. 2026. Stock ID #223121 "In 1843, in a small village on the stormy Kent coast, Ishmaelle is born. She grows up swimming with dolphins and eventually - desperate for a life at sea - she disguises herself as a cabin boy and travels to New York. When referring to this item please quote stockid 223121.
Black and white map, 427pp, appendices. Paperback. New.
As the American Civil War breaks out, Ishmaelle boards 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 mythical white whale Moby Dick..." (Publisher's description).
Price: $24.99 AU