Herman Melville: 1819-1851Traces Melville's life from his childhood in New York, through his adventures abroad as a sailor, to his creation of "Moby-Dick," and forty years later, to his death, in obscurity. |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix | 7 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix | 11 |
1830 | 11 |
Copyright | |
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