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"Far off, the lofty jet of the whale might be seen" |
Melville
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$3,600 |
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NAME THAT MALE AUTHOR |
2021-01-25 |
#8321 |
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Many of the events ofhisnovels were based on his own experiences as a 19th century sailor and whaler |
Melville
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$400 |
DJ |
FACE THE AUTHOR |
2019-12-25 |
#8123 |
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Queequeg, Captain Vere |
Herman Melville
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$2,000 |
DJ |
THE AUTHOR'S CHARACTERS |
2013-01-30 |
#6533 |
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Born & died in New York (1819-1891), wrote a whale of a tale in between |
Herman Melville
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$400 |
DJ |
BORN & DIED: AUTHORS EDITION |
2012-06-06 |
#6393 |
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"Billy Budd, Foretopman" |
Melville
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$200 |
J |
AUTHOR, AUTHOR! |
2010-02-04 |
#5849 |
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This seafaring author had a lot to "wail" about: his somber 1852 novel "Pierre" is semi-autobiographical |
Herman Melville
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$600 |
J |
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS |
2008-01-22 |
#5382 |
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In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience |
Herman Melville
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$400 |
J |
AUTHORS |
2007-12-11 |
#5352 |
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In 1842 he & a shipmate jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands & lived for a month with the Typee tribe |
Herman Melville
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$500 |
DJ |
AUTHORS |
2001-03-19 |
#3816 |
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He followed his 1850 sea tale "White-Jacket" with another sea tale about a white object |
Herman Melville
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$600 |
DJ |
AUTHORS |
1997-06-23 |
#2966 |
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As a youngster this "Billy Budd" author worked in his brother's fur store in Albany |
Herman Melville
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$400 |
DJ |
AUTHORS |
1996-01-18 |
#2624 |
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This author's grandfather, Major Thomas Melville, participated in the Boston Tea Party |
Herman Melville
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$200 |
DJ |
AUTHORS |
1995-10-18 |
#2558 |
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"Benito Cereno" is one of "The Piazza Tales", an 1856 collection by this "Moby Dick" author |
Melville
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$200 |
DJ |
AUTHORS |
1995-10-03 |
#2547 |
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He dedicated "Moby Dick" to his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Herman Melville
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$200 |
DJ |
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS |
1995-07-05 |
#2513 |
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He deserted ship at the Marquesas Islands & went to visit the valley of the cannibalistic Typee |
Melville
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$800 |
DJ |
AUTHORS |
1990-06-15 |
#1350 |
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His grandfather, Major Thomas Melvill, took part in the Boston Tea Party |
Herman Melville
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$100 |
J |
AUTHORS |
1989-03-14 |
#1052 |
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Though he left school at age 13, he learned enough to write "Typee" & "Billy Budd" |
Herman Melville
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$400 |
DJ |
AUTHORS |
1988-02-19 |
#805 |
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Author who wrote, "A whale ship was my Yale College & my Harvard" |
Herman Melville
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$200 |
DJ |
AUTHORS |
1985-10-29 |
#297 |