Ship captains -- Fiction

Fiction centered on ship captains as protagonists or key figures, often depicting their leadership, personal struggles, and maritime command.

1 Book 31 min read

Summaries

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Melville, Herman

Herman Melville's epic whaling saga follows Ishmael's voyage aboard the doomed Pequod, where the monomaniacal Captain Ahab hunts the great white whale that destroyed his leg, dragging his crew into a fatal obsession with vengeance.

Ship captains -- Fiction 31 min