08 January 2012

16th Annual Moby-Dick Marathon Reading in New Bedford, MA

In what has become an annual tradition at the New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford, MA), a number of readers participated, this weekend, in a 25-hour marathon reading of Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick this weekend. This annual event is free and open to the public.

Media report:

The Standard-Times: "Call me Ishmael" — Moby-Dick Marathon begins (8 JAN 12)

Background information:

New Bedford Whaling Museum: Moby-Dick Marathon

New Bedford Whaling Museum

New Bedford Port Society: Seamen’s Bethel

Wikipedia: Moby-Dick

Project Gutenberg: Moby Dick, or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Wikipedia: Herman Melville

City of New Bedford

Wikipedia: New Bedford, Massachusetts

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