Omoo
HERMAN MELVILLE
Hardcover
(L.C. Page & Company, Aug. 16, 1951)
THE AUTHOR'S STATED INTENTION IS TO DESCRIBE HIS EXPERIENCES DURING HIS VOYAGE TO POLYNESIA. AS BEFITS THE AUTHOR, THE TITLE OF THE WORK--OMOO--IS BORROWED FROM THE DIALECT OF THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS, WHERE, AMONG OTHER USES, THE WORD SIGNIFIES A ROVER, OR RATHER, A PERSON WANDERING FROM ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER."