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Moby Dick. by Melville, Herman - (1925)

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Moby Dick. by Melville, Herman - (1925)

Moby Dick.

by Melville, Herman

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8vo, 20 cm. xii, 545 pp. b/w plates.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was home schooled until the age of 14, after which he attended Groton School, on his way to the mandatory 4 years at Harvard. Not being an expert on FDR's biography, I can only suppose that he read Melville's great novel at Groton or Harvard, and that it impacted his intellectual life thereafter. However, I do know that his Delano relations consisted of whalemen, China Traders, opium dealers, and deepwater mariners, including Amasa Delano (protagonist in Melville's Benito Cereno). Obviously, Moby Dick was a book he held in high esteem. According to Heilicher's monograph The Education of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt was an active member of the Groton debate team. As president, he continued to support the school and its activities, sponsoring the prize for the annual Junior Debating Society competition. This copy of Moby Dick, in half morocco binding, with the Groton seal stamped in gold on the front cover, is the prize he awarded to the winner of that year's debate competition. Roosevelt has inscribed it on the front blank as follows: "Junior Debating Society Prize, Groton School, 1942 / David S... B... / from Franklin Delano Roosevelt." Interestingly, this edition is a scarce 20th century reprint of Moby, not appearing in Tanselle or BAL. The copyright page reads, "The Library Edition of Herman Melville's Works. First published 1925. Printed in USA." Leather binding shows rubbing at joints and corners. Text and inscription clean and fresh.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
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  • Publisher Jonathan Cape
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published (1925)
  • Keywords Presidential, Autographs, Americana

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