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Whipscars and tattoos [electronic resource] : The last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori / Geoffrey Sanborn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9780199894819 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 813.2 22
LOC classification:
  • PS1408
Online resources: Summary: Through careful historical research, Geoffrey Sanborn reveals how both James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville relied heavily on contemporary accounts of the indigenous natives of New Zealand, the Maori, to develop the iconic characters they created in The Last of the Mohicans and Moby-Dick.
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Through careful historical research, Geoffrey Sanborn reveals how both James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville relied heavily on contemporary accounts of the indigenous natives of New Zealand, the Maori, to develop the iconic characters they created in The Last of the Mohicans and Moby-Dick.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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