

An edition of Whipscars And Tattoos The Last Of The Mohicans Mobydick And The Maori (2011)
By Geoffrey Sanborn
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Language
eng
Pages
184
Description:
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.