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- # CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story.
## Overview
This is a section of a chapter from a novel, specifically [CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_)](arke:01KG8AK83BA227D6NY5BT040FM) of [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_)](arke:01KG8AK83BA227D6NY5BT040FM). It is titled "CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story." and spans lines 9672-10486 of the source file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6). It is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection.
## Context
This section is preceded by [CHAPTER 53. The Gam.](arke:01KG8AM7XGH34PMJT84ETYQGRT) and followed by [CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.](arke:01KG8AM7XK09ADGQY31TFTHPFA). It is extracted from the plain text file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6) which is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection.
## Contents
This section contains the complete text of Chapter 54, "The Town-Ho's Story," which is presented as a yarn told at the Golden Inn in Lima. The story recounts events aboard the _Town-Ho_, a Nantucket whaler, and centers on a conflict between the mate, Radney, and a sailor named Steelkilt. The narrative includes a mutiny, the death of Radney at the jaws of Moby Dick, and the subsequent desertion of the ship by Steelkilt and other crew members. The chapter concludes with the narrator attesting to the truth of the tale. The section is divided into 15 chunks.
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