To mark the 161st anniversary of the publication of Moby-Dick, Google has created a doodle to celebrate the book and author Herman Melville. Here are 10 things you need to know about the novelist 1. Herman Melville was an American novelist, shortToday on the Google home page worldwide is a special Google whale logo to celebrate the 161st anniversary of the release of Herman Melville's book - Moby Dick. Again, like the last Doodle, the Little Demo one, Google is celebrating the thing as opposedHerman Melville was born in New York city on August 1, 1819. He was best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after aThe Google homepage today depicts a white whale, a choppy sea, and a skiff captained by a one-legged harpooner. The doodle, of course, is an homage to "Moby Dick," which was first published 161 years ago, by Herman Melville. So who was Melville,London: American novelist Herman Melville wrote many books but his landmark novel Moby-Dick tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab.
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