As he labored on his masterpiece "Moby Dick" in 1851, Herman Melville was a popular and charismatic young author. One year later, this Melville -- successful outgoing, "knowable" -- had gone underground. Through a combination of research, intuition, and sheer literary muscle, Larry Duberstein has given us a speculation that brings Herman Melville alive, in all his complexity and humor. " THE HANDSOME SAILOR" is a rich and utterly convincing portrait, a "tour-de-force" that makes the unknowable Melville knowable.
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As he labored on his masterpiece "Moby Dick" in 1851, Herman Melville was a popular and charismatic young author. One year later, this Melville -- successful outgoing, "knowable" -- had gone underground. Through a combination of research, intuition, and sheer literary muscle, Larry Duberstein has given us a speculation that brings Herman Melville alive, in all his complexity and humor. " THE HANDSOME SAILOR" is a rich and utterly convincing portrait, a "tour-de-force" that makes the unknowable Melville knowable.
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