Melville
Subtitle: A Biography
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Published: June 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517316016
Subjects: Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography / General; Sale Books; General; Biography & Autobiography
First sentence: Long before Herman Melville was born at the tip of Manhattan, the island was home to the Algonkians, who called it Manah-hatin, "Island of the Hills."