"Today I met a gentle-man who told me that upon reading the popular novel 'Moby Dick' he decided to board a whaling vessel and take to the sea, forsaking his beloved in New England and throwing his hope to the god of the oceans, away from our beloved Lord. May the accursed Melville answer to the higher power for his wicked tale of the white whale, which has caused many a right-thinking man to drift oft from our sacred shores in a craft hewn of dispair and discouragement. Ahab is but a hollow cast for the dark lord Satan, and represents not the hallowed balm of our Lord in Heaven. I urge all good people of Christian faith to burn this evil book forthwith."
/this guy's great-grandfather in 1870
Actually, right on the money about Moby Dick -- read it sometime checking the use of Bible quotes and references. I like Harry Potter, though -- much less anti-Christian.