For the crew of the Essex, it was a day flecked with hope: The lookouts atop the whale-ship saw spouts ... crew—events that ...

November 14, 1851, marked the first day that the American public could purchase Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, the latest novel by the modestly successful author Herman Melville, for $1.50 (around $60 ...

He’s illustrated a new edition of Herman Melville’s novel, now in the public domain. It begins with a striking image of a ...

Restored by the Berkshire County Historical Society, the home of "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" author Herman Melville is open to visitors interested in learning more about the literary legend.

Although author Herman Melville never called New Bedford home ... of Melville’s tome about one captain’s obsession with a whale. Last year, the National Park Service offered a weekly walking ...

Moby Dick, which came out first as The Whale in 1851 in London and a month ... Ross, J.J.: The many ailments of Herman Melville (1819-1891). J. Med. Biog. 16: 21-29, 2008. 2.

Herman Melville spent most of his life straddling that line ... But what compelled Melville to follow his tale of the great white whale with a Gothic romance? It’s a question playwright Elizabeth Doss ...

The first time I picked up Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, I only managed the first hundred pages before feeling hopelessly lost ...

A whale attacks a boat in Frank Goodrich's 1858 ... befell the ship’s crew—events that went on to inspire Herman Melville’s great American novel, Moby-Dick. The Essex began its final journey ...