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Based on more than a half-century of research, this work examines on of the most stimulating period's of Melville's life - the four years he spent aboard whaling vessels in the Pacific during the early 1940s.
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Wilson Heflinās indispensable but unfinished account of Melvilleās life at sea from 1841-45, here lovingly edited by two experts on Melville and maritime life, unearths the full story and factual basis of Melvilleās Pacific travels.Ā Drawing from logbooks, consular records, newspaper accounts, and museum archives from around the world, Heflin reveals what Melville knew and fictionalized in his books. Highly readable for novices and scholars alike, this book provides an exciting entrĆ©e into early shipboard adventures and dangers and a chronicle of places and people around the globeāmany long gone.Ā
From Wyn and Christopher's list on understanding Herman Melvilleās itch for adventure.
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