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MICHAEL SHELDEN
is the author of five biographies, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist
Orwell: The Authorized Biography
, which was also a
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Mark Twain: Man in White
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Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill
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Cover art: Pal Szinyei Merse (1845–1920),
Couple of Lovers,
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Herman Melville. Berkshire Athenaeum

Sarah Morewood. Berkshire Athenaeum

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Broadhall in 1900. Library of Congress

Map of Berkshire County. The National Publishing Company Railroad Map of New England (1900)

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Nathaniel Hawthorne. Library of Congress

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Library of Congress

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Drawing of Arrowhead. Raymond Weaver,
Herman Melville: Mystic and Mariner
(1921)

View from Melville's room at Arrowhead. Author's photograph

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Mary Butler. William Allen Butler,
A Retrospect of Forty Years, 1825–1865
(1911)

Dryden's poems. Author's photograph

The Whale
agreement. Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers

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Summit of Mount Greylock. Author's photograph

Evert Duyckinck. William Allen Butler,
Evert Augustus Duyckinck: A Memorial Sketch
(1879)

George Duyckinck. William Allen Butler,
Evert Augustus Duyckinck: A Memorial Sketch
(1879)

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Rev. John Todd. John Todd,
The Story of His Life
(1876)

Herman and Lizzie Melville's children. Raymond Weaver,
Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic
(1921)

Sarah Morewood and children. Berkshire County Historical Society

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Lizzie Melville. Raymond Weaver,
Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic
(1921)

Herman Melville. Raymond Weaver,
Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic
(1921)

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