On November 14, 1851 (161 years ago) Herman Melville's masterwork MOBY DICK was first published in the United States.

Beginning this Friday evening, more than 160 New Yorkers will be participating in a marathon style reading

of MOBY DICK. This event (New York City's first) will take place over three days and at three independent bookstores.

Each participant has been assigned a 10-minute time slot. For more information, read the article by Amanda Petrusich

which was published in the New York Times today, November 15, 2012.

See what our library has to offer about MOBY DICK by clicking here.

Books by Herman Melville in the Hamden Library Collection