Episode 27 - The Town-Ho's Story
GAM. Noun—A social meeting of two (or more) Whale-ships, generally on a cruising-ground; when, after exchanging hails, they exchange visits by boats' crews: the two captains remaining, for the time, on board of one ship, and the two chief mates on the other.
Yer mum, gamming, Salisbury Plain, Noah Webster's Arc, captainly dignity, the whaling cinematic universe, forgetting Queequeg's name, postmodern storytelling, universal outcast seaman, Steelkilt, the funniest line in the book, Billy Budd, floggings, White Jacket, Melville's just having fun.
This episode is the discussion about chapters 53…
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