The passages of Herman Melville
Parini, Jay2011
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Jay Parini recreates Herman Melville's adventurous life and tragic death. Opening with an aging, angry, and drunken Herman Melville wreaking havoc in his New York home, it ranges from his adventures on the South Seas to trudging the docks of New York as a customs inspector. It is told from the perspective of his wife, Lizzie.
Main title:
The passages of Herman Melville / Jay Parini.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2011.
Collation:
464 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781847679796 (hbk)184767979X (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.5'4G
Local class:
FIC
Language:
English
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BRN:
672168