<p>One of the great works of American literature <em>Moby-Dick</em> is the epic tale of one man’s fight against a force of nature. The outcast youth Ishmael succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship. <P>The <em>Pequod</em> sails under the command of the one-legged Captain Ahab who has set himself on a monomaniacal quest to capture the cunning white whale that robbed him of his leg: Moby-Dick. Capturing life on the sea with robust realism Melville details the adventures of the colorful crew aboard the ship as Ahab pursues his crusade of revenge heedless of all cost. <P>This masterfully symbolic drama of the conflict between man and his fate has a special intensity that listeners will not soon forget.</p><P>A Blackstone Audio production.