Melville in love: the secret life of Herman Melville and the muse of Moby-Dick

Pt. I, A sailor in the Berkshires

Pt. II, Greylock's majesty

Pt. III, The voyage out.

Part I: A sailor in the Berkshires. A summer place ; "Corset, skirts, or crinoline" ; The judge's daughter ; The first step ; The young Turk ; The doctor's report ; The scarlet essay ; "Holy influences"

Part II: Greylock's majesty. Leviathan ; Reveries ; Black quake ; The vortex ; The elusive neighbor ; To Greylock ; Lot's wife ; All for love ; Harvest ; Sons and lovers

Part III: The voyage out. "Steel, flint & asbestos" ; The countess ; Rough passage ; Aspects of the war ; Home front ; Letting go ; The hanging.