Call Me Ishmaelle

by Xiaolu Guo

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London. Vintage. 2026. Stock ID #223121 Black and white map, 427pp, appendices. Paperback. New. In 1843, in a small village on the stormy Kent coast, Ishmaelle is born. She grows up swimming with dolphins and eventually - desperate for a life at sea - she disguises herself as a cabin boy and travels to New York. As the American Civil War breaks out, Ishmaelle boards a whaling ship led by the obsessive Captain

• Binding: Paperback

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