@article{785642, note = {Consists of excerpts from books read by Melville on whaling and whales with an introduction on his use of these sources to write Moby Dick.}, author = {Madison, R. D.,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/785642}, title = {The Essex and the whale : Melville's Leviathan library and the birth of Moby-Dick /}, recid = {785642}, pages = {1 online resource.}, }