LeBOEUF Limited Edition Icon Melville Fountain PenPosthumous Icon Herman Melville was born on August 1st, 1819, in New York City. He was largely self taught, reading literature, technical manuals, historical textbooks, and religious texts. From the age of twelve, he held a variety of jobs, and in 1839 he shipped out as a cabin boy on the whaling ship Achushnet. The experience would later be translated into what is now his most famous novel, Moby Dick. First published in 1851, Moby Dick was initially,