A biographical sketch and a library of the author's collected books, novels, short stories, poems, and essays His early years were filled with hardship. After the death of his father, the family.
He worked as a crew member on several vessels beginning in 1839, his experiences spawning his successful early novels. He is best known for his novel moby dick, published in 1851, and his short. Herman melville was born in new york city in 1819.
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