Herman Melville: 1851-1891
Author | : Hershel Parker |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 1072 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : 0801868920 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780801868924 |
Rating | : 4/5 (924 Downloads) |
Download or read book Herman Melville: 1851-1891 written by Hershel Parker and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through prodigious archival research into hundreds of family letters and diary entries, newly discovered newspaper articles, and marginalia from books that Melville owned, Parker vividly recreates the last four decades of Melville's life, episode after episode unknown to previous biographers. Illustrations.