Moby-Duck
LC Class | GC231.2.H65 2010 | |
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them is a book by
Friendly Floatees, which were washed overboard from a container ship in the Pacific Ocean on 10 January 1992 and have subsequently been found on beaches around the world and used by oceanographers including Curtis Ebbesmeyer to trace ocean currents.[1][2]
The book was published in the United States in March 2011 by Viking (
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award.[6]
The title is a reference to Herman Melville's classic seafaring novel Moby-Dick.
References
- ^ Wilkinson, Carl (17 February 2012). "Ugly Ducklings". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (20 February 2011). "Books of the Times: The Siren Song of the Bath Toy". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "100 Notable Books of 2011". The New York Times: Sunday Book Review. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism". New York Public Library. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- StarTribune. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^ "2013 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award". August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
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