Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851) Silver Proof

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This product attracts VAT and will be charged on checkout  Herman Melville was born in New York on 1st August 1819. His father's death in 1832, left the family in financial hardship, forcing Melville to leave school to go to work. Later, he turned to the sea, an experience that would influence both his life and his writing. In 1850, he started writing Moby-Dick, was inspired by Melville's seafaring life, whaling literature and real events such as the sinking of the Essex and the story of Mocha D