Herman Melville died in New York, in 1891, at the age of seventy-two. “If the truth were known, even his own generation has long thought him dead,” one New York obituary read.

The Berkshire Museum and the Berkshire County Historical Society hosted a summer birding event at Herman Melville's Arrowhead ...

Although author Herman Melville never called New Bedford home, he wrote glowingly of the port city in his most famous work “Moby-Dick,” describing it as “perhaps the dearest place to live in ...

Herman Melville spent most of his life straddling that line, existing in the liminal space between genius and failure — his desired fame only achieved posthumously. Melville was not revered in his day ...

Herman Melville’s statue will adorn the grounds of New Bedford’s historic Seamen’s Bethel where the author once stopped before going out to sea. BetFTW NFL NBA NHL MLB WNBA Newsletter.

The city of New Bedford kicked off its annual "Moby-Dick" marathon weekend by unveiling the winner of its Herman Melville statue design contest: an eight-foot bronze statue titled "Melville and ...

Aviary Books owner Laura Ryan celebrates Herman Melville's legacy in New Bedford by focusing on his short stories ahead of the Moby Dick Marathon.

Happy birthday, Herman Melville! On Aug. 1, 1819, the author who painstakingly crafted “Moby-Dick” came into the world — and, in so many ways, he’s never left.

Herman Melville’s statue will adorn the grounds of New Bedford’s historic Seamen’s Bethel where the author once stopped before going out to sea.

Herman Melville’s statue will adorn the grounds of New Bedford’s historic Seamen’s Bethel where the author once stopped before going out to sea.