Herman Melville's epic ocean adventure "Moby Dick" is an American literary masterpiece. Was this stirring tale of violence and revenge simply an allegory, or were real giants of the deep deliberately attacking whaling ships back in Melville's days? With the help of witness accounts a century old and observations of modern science, we can now see how the legend of the great white whale came to be.
Herman Melville's epic ocean adventure "Moby Dick" is an American literary masterpiece. Was this stirring tale of violence and revenge simply an allegory, or were real giants of the deep deliberately attacking whaling ships back in Melville's days? With the help of witness accounts a century old and observations of modern science, we can now see how the legend of the great white whale came to be.
