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'There She Blows!': the Legacy of Moby Dick
A hundred and forty years ago Herman Melville told the story of Captain
Ahab's search for Moby Dick , the great white whale. Fraser Harrison explores the origins of the story, and the contemporary image of the whale described by poets, musicians and artists, as the whalers' harpoons continue to hit their huge and vulnerable target. With Kerry Shale reading from Moby Dick. Producer Tim Dee. Stereo

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Herman Melville
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Fraser Harrison
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Tim Dee.
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