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Herman Melville, American poet, novelist, and short story writer, was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, and passed away there on September 28, 1891.  He is most known for his sea-themed novels, which include his masterwork Moby Dick (1851).

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Facts About Herman Melville

HERITAGE AND YOUTH

• Melville’s upbringing and early life significantly shaped the
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“A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.”

— Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

 

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I was talking on the phone today with my longtime friend from my first days in New York, Bill Dalzell. He told me something that his dear friend Edwin Treitler once said to him. Ed Treitler, who recently passed away, was an artist, writer, and spiritual counselor/healer.

The quote, which struck me forcibly and rung true, was short and pithy: “I went to the school of New York.”

The school of New York. Herman Melville would have perceived instantly what this meant.

It rings so true when I consider my own experience.

 

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I had a very good education, for which I am very grateful. Then, I went further.

I moved to New York City right after graduating from college, and my education really began. Or was on a new plane. Something like that.

I had never seen a really g

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