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Rochester (NY) Daily American
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“A book all about whales. It gives descriptions of the Leviathan of the deep, the mode of catching them, and the life of those who go down in ships from New Bedford to the South seas, whale hunting. The reading public will find 'Moby Dick' one of the pleasantest volumes issued from the press this year.
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— November 20, 1851
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