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          This introduction to Herman Melville's life and work from the Famous Authors series begins by introducing the city of New York, Melville's hometown.

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          Herman Melville

          American writer and poet (1819–1891)

          Herman Melville (bornMelvill;[a] August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.

          Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival.[1]Moby-Dick eventually would be considered one of the great American novels.

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        4. When Melville died in , his death was noted in only one local newspaper, with a brief description of the "long forgotten" author.

          5. Melville was born in New York City, the third child of a prosperous merchant whose death in 1832 left the family in dire financial straits. He took to sea in 1839 as a common sailor on a merchant ship and then on the whaler Acushnet, but he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands.

          Typee, his first book, and its sequel, Omoo (184