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Subject: Ahab's leg
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: saint_ahab-ga
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Posted: 12 Oct 2005 11:45 PDT
Expires: 12 Oct 2005 13:03 PDT
Question ID: 579404

In MOBY-DICK, which leg did Ahab lose?  Is it stated or implied?  If
so, where, and in which chapter?

Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 12 Oct 2005 12:16 PDT

Searching MOBY DICK online, the book does not specify which leg Ahab lost:

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http://www.online-literature.com/booksearch.php

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Subject: Re: Ahab's leg
From: galincog-ga on 12 Oct 2005 12:00 PDT

According to the following sources, Melville did not specify:

(search "which leg" in text) of the following:

http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/submitted/etd-09012003-000022/unrestricted/GloverDissertation.pdf

(check out Question 12):

http://www.funtrivia.com/submitquiz.cfm?quiz=33351 

http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h97a/h9750552/eng/Ismaellisteeng.htm

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