Melville : his world and work - Delbanco, Andrew, 1952- (New York : Knopf, 2005)
Melville: from his time to ours -- Childhood and youth -- Going native -- Becoming a writer -- Escape to New York -- Hunting the whale -- Captain America -- "Herman Melville crazy" -- Seeing too much -- The magazinist -- Adrift -- Season of death -- The quiet end.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-386) and index.
Keywords: Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891.; Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social problems in literature