Mr. Bradbury adapted his stories for TV, co-wrote the script for the 1956 film "Moby Dick" and produced children's books, poetry and text for coffee-table books.

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In 1841, Herman Melville set out to sea from the city on the whaling ship Acushnet, returning after an 18-month voyage to eventually write Moby Dick, the tale of Captain Ahab's obsessive search for the great white whale.

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