Herman Melville

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New Bedford Whaling Museum gears up for ‘Moby-Dick’ reading marathon

BOSTON (AP) — "Moby-Dick" fans from around the world are getting ready for their own grueling quest — a marathon reading of Herman Melville's classic. The New Bedford Whaling Museum this weekend is holding its 20th annual nonstop reading of the seminal man vs. whale novel, with a

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‘In the Heart of the Sea’: a ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’ through survival and depravity

Herman Melville's classic "Moby-Dick" has long been considered as a tale of vengeance and a battle against the forces of nature. Like Melville's novel, director Ron Howard's film "In the Heart of the Sea" (rated PG-13) concludes that, when pushed