# Captain Boomer — Moby-Dick character guide

> Captain Boomer in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0100-xcvii-the-lamp

## Who they are

The jovial, one-armed English captain of the Samuel Enderby, who lost an arm to Moby Dick but bears no grudge.

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