Original research and riffs on Herman Melville, authorship, and nineteenth-century American literature.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Monday, February 16, 2026
Falling harpooners per Scoresby and Melville
Accidents at Sea, North (falling into Right Whale's mouth) and South (Sperm Whale's head) #MelvilleMonday
— Scott Norsworthy 🇺🇸 (@Melvilliana) February 16, 2026
"The harpooners not unfrequently fall into the fish's mouth, when it is exposed by the removal of a surface of blubber; where they might easily be drowned, but for the… pic.twitter.com/DAIvdfR0Ou
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