[BOOK][B] Typee: a peep at Polynesian life
H Melville - 1996 - books.google.com
H Melville
1996•books.google.comPage 1 HER MAN MELV ILLE Typee A Peep at Polynesian Life Page 2 Page 3 PENGUIN
CLASSICS TYPEE HERMAN MElville was born on August 1, 1819, in New York City, the son of a
merchant. Only twelve when his father died bankrupt, young Herman tried work as a bank clerk,
as a cabin boy on a trip to Liverpool, and as an elementary-school teacher, before shipping in
January 1841 on the whaler Acushnet, bound for the Pacific. Deserting ship the following year
in the Marquesas, he made his way to Tahiti and Honolulu, returning as an ordinary seaman …
CLASSICS TYPEE HERMAN MElville was born on August 1, 1819, in New York City, the son of a
merchant. Only twelve when his father died bankrupt, young Herman tried work as a bank clerk,
as a cabin boy on a trip to Liverpool, and as an elementary-school teacher, before shipping in
January 1841 on the whaler Acushnet, bound for the Pacific. Deserting ship the following year
in the Marquesas, he made his way to Tahiti and Honolulu, returning as an ordinary seaman …
Melville's first and most popular novel during his lifetime, Typee is a provocative and lively account of his exploits in the exotic South Seas during the early 1840s, where he journeyed as a young sailor. This edition includes notes on the text.
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