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Herman Melville /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Classic American writersPublication details: New York : J. Messner, �1994.Description: 156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0671867717
  • 9780671867713
  • 0671867725
  • 9780671867720
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.3 20
  • B 20
LOC classification:
  • PS2386 .S74 1994
Other classification:
  • HT 6015
Contents:
Grim beginnings ... -- First voyage ... -- The restless searcher ... -- "Among the cannibals" ... -- Home again ... -- The south seas novels ... -- White-jacket and a new friend ... -- The "whale" ... -- "I have written a wicked book" ... -- Melville's crisis ... -- The quiet years ... -- Neglect and rediscovery ...
Summary: The author of "Moby Dick", Herman Melville, had an eventful life which helped develop his skills as a writer. His life and his major works are discussed here by Rebecca Steffoff.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Barcode
JB JB Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction JB MEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PS2386 Available 34517000115470

Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-150) and index.

Grim beginnings ... -- First voyage ... -- The restless searcher ... -- "Among the cannibals" ... -- Home again ... -- The south seas novels ... -- White-jacket and a new friend ... -- The "whale" ... -- "I have written a wicked book" ... -- Melville's crisis ... -- The quiet years ... -- Neglect and rediscovery ...

The author of "Moby Dick", Herman Melville, had an eventful life which helped develop his skills as a writer. His life and his major works are discussed here by Rebecca Steffoff.

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