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ISBN: 9780753822739
Publication date: 03/05/2007
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback (b Format)
| ISBN: | 9780753822739 |
| Publication date: | 3rd May 2007 |
| Author: | Herman Melville |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback (b Format) |
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Herman Melville was born Herman Melvill (the ‘e’ was added in the 1830s) on 1 August, 1819, in New York City to a wealthy importer. The Melvilles moved to Albany after Herman’s father was bankrupted. His father died soon after and the young Herman worked variously as a farmer, bookkeeper, teacher and bank clerk. At the age of 20 he signed on as a deck hand of a trading ship, the St. Lawrence, sailing to Liverpool and back. Soon after his return he set sail for the South Pacific aboard the whaling ship Acusnet. In the Marquesas, Melville jumped ship and spent ...
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