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Beyond the Book: Ahab's Wife, Or the Stargazer

at Whaling Museum & Education Center of CSH | Thu Mar 28

Location

Whaling Museum & Education Center of CSH

301 Main Street
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
(Map)
Tel: 6313673418
Contact Name: Joan Lowenthal
Visit Website: Website.

Date & Time

06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
Cost:    ​$15 participant; Museum members and patrons of Huntington and South Huntington Library free
Description

For more than a century, readers have been captivated by the exploits of the legendary Captain Ahab, but how many of us have spared a thought for the woman he left behind on shore? Ahab’s wife - an unnamed character granted fewer than a dozen sentences in Moby Dick - is brought vividly to life in Sena Jeter Naslund’ rich saga. Participants will inspect artifacts and writings left behind by local whaling wives to see how closely Naslund’s fiction imitates fact.