For most of his life, he was considerably less famous than his father-in- law, Massachusetts Chief  
For most of his life, he was considerably less famous than his father-in- law, Massachusetts Chief  Justice Lemuel Shaw, a judge who is still considered one of the nation's most influential common-law  jurists. In addition, it was Shaw's generosity that saved his family after 1857, when the failures of Pierre  and Confidence-Man had ruined his career as a writer. FTP, name this novelist, who during his lifetime  was most famous for the early novels Typee and Mardi.
For most of his life, he was considerably less famous than his father-in- law, Massachusetts Chief  Justice Lemuel Shaw, a judge who is still considered one of the nation's most influential common-law  jurists.
Herman Melville