Herman Melville

Herman Melville
American novelist, short story writer, and poet.
BIOGRAPHY
Herman Melville was born in New York, New York on August 1, 1819 (Hom-Par 1913). According to Kalasky Melville had a comfortable will to do childhood up until 1832 the year his father died. He was forced to quit his studies at New York Male High School to help support his family. He worked for his brothers fur business, at a bank as a clerk, and taught at numerous schools (Kalasky 324).
On June 5, 1839 Melville shipped off as a crew member aboard St. Lawrence, a packet ship headed for Liverpool, New England (H…