Nathaniel Philbrick on "Moby Dick"
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12.01.2011
According to Nathaniel Philbrick, Melville’s classic “Moby Dick,” will always be worth our time and attention, no matter the age. He makes the case for reading what he calls a kind of "American Bible." Philbrick tells Jim Fleming why "Moby Dick" still matters.
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Moby Dick
I'm looking for this Moby Dick read by Carl Schmitt; any help?
Karl Schmidt Reading
Sadly, there is no Karl Schmidt reading - he just read an excerpt for us. Amazing, eh?
a vote for Karl Schmitt recording of all of Moby Dic
Moby Dick audio book
The Big Read
I agree that the reading in this segment was quite amazing -- I think of it and those sentences "Whenever I find myself growing grim..." now and then as being evocative of restlessness.
There's a project going on right now called the Moby Dick Big Read that is having different people reading each chapter in the book and putting the audio on the internet for free download (link: http://www.mobydickbigread.com/ or point your podcast downloader at Moby Dick Big Read).
For those interested in the age of whaling, I'd recommend Eric Jay Dolin's "Leviathan" , an engrossing history of the American whaling industry (the beginning is a little slow, but then it gets really good), and the PBS American Experience show "Into the Deep" about the American industry and the sinking of the Essex (a possible inspiration for Moby Dick).
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