Herman Melville was born on the first of August in 1819. Born in New York City to a family where there wealth was seriously declining. Allan Melville, his father, was a Unitarian who made a living as a merchant-importer. Maria Gansevoort Melville, his mother, was of New York Dutch ancestry and a member of the Calvinistic Dutch-Reformed Church. From 1825 to 1831, Melville's school life was incredibly hard. Due to his father's failure in various business endeavors, Melville …showed first 75 words of 309 total…

…showed last 75 words of 309 total…Shaw. They decided thata life of literature would be best. Melville and Elizabeth decided to settle down in New York City, a major publication city. Melville bought a house at 103 Fourth Avenue, where he, his wife, his mother, his four unmarried sisters, his younger brother Allen and his bride, and his youngest brother Thomas all settled in together. Herman Melville was a good man that wrote a lot of books. His masterpiece was Moby Dick.