Herman Melville's whaling years
By: Wilson Heflin ; edited by Mary K. Bercaw Edwards and Thomas Farel Heffernan.
Contributors: Edwards, Mary K. Bercaw.; Heffernan, Thomas Farel, 1933-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Childhood and youth; Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Travel -- South Pacific Ocean; Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- Whaling; Americans -- South Pacific Ocean -- History -- 19th century; Whaling -- South Pacific Ocean -- History -- 19th century; Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Whalers (Persons) -- United States -- Biography; South Pacific Ocean -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and index.
Based on the author's dissertation (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University).