Herman+Melville

=Herman Melville, by Austin, Evan and Brooke =

Herman Melville was born in August 1819 in New York City, New York. He had 7 siblings. He left New York City in 1830 when his father went bankrupt and went to Albany. His father died in 1832 so he dropped out of school and took odd jobs to help his family. He made his first sea journey on the "St. Lawrence" in 1839. He went on a wailing ship in 1841 called the "Acushnet." In 1842 he abandoned the wailing ship and spent three weeks with a Native American tribe called the Typee. In 1844 he returns to New York after his final sea trip. The trip was on the "United States." His first book was written in 1846 and was called "Typee a Peep at Polynesian Life." In 1847 he wrote his second book,"Otoo." He also marries Elizabeth Shaw. In 1849 his first son was born and he also wrote two books. They were "Mardi" and "Redburn." He wrote the novel "White-Jacket" in 1850. His family also moved to Berkshire. Writes his most well known book,"Moby Dick" in 1851. Though it is popular now, it was not during its time. Writes a series of short stories in 1853 after being disappointed that his novels weren't popular. In 1857, when he published a novel called,"Confidence Man," he gets no attention from it, so he quits writing as a profession. In 1863 he sold his home while in debt and moves back to New York City. In 1864 he went to the front lines of the Civil War. It greatly affected him in his writing. In 1866 he published a collection of Civil War poetry known as "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War." His uncle gave him money for a 16,000-line poem know as Clarel in 1876. It was very unpopular and the unsold copies had to be burned. He died in September 1891. His final novel "Billy Bud" was published in 1924 after his death.
 * Facts of His Life**

The Apparition The Berg Fragments of a Lost Gnostic Poem of the Twelfth Century Look Out Mountain The Maldive Shark The Martyr Monody The Portent The Ravaged Villa Shiloh: A Requiem
 * Just a Few of His Poems:**

LOOK-OUT MOUNTAIN **// (The Night Fight) //** HO inhabiteth the Mountain That it shines in lurid light, And is rolled about with thunders, And terrors, and a blight, Like Kaf the peak of Eblis-- Kaf, the evil height? Who has gone up with a shouting And a trumpet in the night?
 * // by: Herman Melville (1819-1891) //**

There is battle in the Mountain-- Might assaulteth Might; Tis the fastness of the Anarch, Torrent-torn, an ancient height; The crags resound the clangor Of the war of Wrong and Right; And the armies in the valley Watch and pray for dawning light.

Joy, joy, the day is breaking, And the cloud is rolled from sight; There is triumph in the Morning For the Anarch's plunging flight; God has glorified the Mountain Where a banner burneth bright, And the armies of the valley They are fortified in right. __Gold in The Mountain__ Gold in the mountain, And gold in the glen, And greed in the heart, Heaven having no part, And unsatisfied men. The First Paragraph to __Moby Dick__ Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.

As well as the book Moby Dick, there is also a movie. It was released in 1998. The origanal was made in 1956. There was also Enchanted Island (1958), Bartleby and the remake (1970 and 2001), Pola X was in 1999. Works Cited // Cash Advance | Debt Consolidation | Insurance | Free Credit Report | Cell Phones at Youdiscovery.com //. Web. 14 Dec. 2011. . "Storm Clouds Sunset Sun Beams Ocean." //Digital Photography I Animal, Nature, Travel Photography and Blog by Rolf Hicker//. Web. 14 Dec. 2011. . // Utah Pictures, Photography, Images, Scenic Landscapes //. Web. 12 Dec. 2011. . //W7FTT//. Web. 14 Dec. 2011. . Bibliography:[|Herman Melville Timeline of Important Dates], [|Herman Melville-Wikipedia the free encyclopedia], [|Herman Melville: Poems], [|Look-out Mountain, by Herman Melville] [|Lightning Gallery: Discovery Channel UK]