The famous captain Ahab and his chase after the whale who cost him his leg comprises mainly the last part of the book. For the rest it is a treatise on whaling, on whales, on religion a very entertaining tale about life upon a whaleboat. The Book of Jonah as told by the chaplain who was a captain of a whaling ship is very funny, but never disrespectful of the Bible.<br/><br/>Moby Dick gives an insight in what life on sea must have been before ships had radios and other communication devices and before helicopters could pick up people off a ship in need.<br/>I liked it so much, that I bought the book.<br/>I recommend it to everyone.