Herman Melville
Subtitle: a biography
By: by Milton Meltzer.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Subjects: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Juvenile literature; Melville, Herman, 1819-1891; Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Authors, American
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliograpcal references and index.
Table of contents: title: Marvelous adventures; title: Scars of childhood; title: Where he wanted to be; title: Merchant seaman; title: Dwarfs, not titans; title: Chasing whales; title: Tropical paradise; title: From Tahiti to Honolulu; title: In the navy; title: First book; title: A married man; title: More children and more books; title: Writing Moby-Dick; title: Melville's voice; title: The years after; title: "What unlike things".