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How did Joseph Smith influence Herman Melville, author of ‘Moby-Dick’?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhile Herman Melville and Joseph Smith never met in person, a clear influence of Latter-day Saints...
New Bedford launches effort to honor Herman Melville with historic district statue
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoNEW BEDFORD — The city of New Bedford is launching an effort to honor Herman Melville with a statue...
How did 'Moby-Dick' get its title? This filmmaker reimagines the Herman Melville tale
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW BEDFORD — A local short film on the festival circuit reimagines how Herman Melville's epic...
Beautiful Maple Grove Cemetery a repository of stories about Ravenna life | Along The Way
Record-Courier via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhat do the names Aberdeen LeConte, a former slave on a Savannah rice plantation, John Coleman, a...
Moby-Dick Marathon returns to New Bedford Whaling Museum
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEW BEDFORD — The 27th Annual Moby-Dick Marathon is returning to the New Bedford Whaling Museum live...
On This Day, Oct. 18: BBC established in Britain
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe BBC's main headquarters, Broadcasting House, is pictured on October 17, 2019, in London. The BBC was founded on October 19, 1922. File Photo by...
Turns Out Moby Probably Isn’t Related to ‘Moby Dick’ Author Herman Melville
Music Feeds via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA new genealogy podcast reckons the claims are a little, uh, fishy The post Turns Out Moby Probably...
A Beached Whale in Spain Washed Up With a $500,000 Chunk of a Pricey Material in Its Guts
MEN'S JOURNAL via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHerman Melville once wrote about the strange beauty of ambergris in Moby Dick, marveling that the...
Theatre TJC presents "Moby Dick"
Palestine Herald-Press, Texas via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 22—For its next production of the 2023-24 season, Theatre TJC explores Herman Melville's seafaring epic, "Moby Dick," this March. The play is described as "a harrowing and intoxicating ...
Whale of a dilemma: Overlooked punctuation in 'Moby-Dick' augurs ill for hyphens
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt’s a proven fact that as you get older you worry more about punctuation. Fussing about apostrophes...