Herman Melville /
Material type: TextSeries: Classic American writersPublication details: New York : J. Messner, �1994.Description: 156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 0671867717
- 9780671867713
- 0671867725
- 9780671867720
- 813/.3 20
- B 20
- PS2386 .S74 1994
- HT 6015
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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