Abstract
Klauba’s bungalow in the North Park section of Chicago is a twenty-five minute ride from O’Hare Airport. George and his wife Judith greet me at the door. They are a well-matched couple, tall, amiable, and responsive. They have been jointly interested in Melville since their marriage at the Seaman’s Bethel in New Bedford in 2006. Before lunch, George gave me a tour. We lingered in the living room maybe longer than he planned, for I could not take my eyes off a brand-new painting, Ahab Dismasted (fig. 2). This image was taking George’s adventure with the novel in a new direction, although he was not yet sure quite where or why. Ahab is standing full-length, alone, against the dark brown inner wall of the ship. He is tall and gaunt, bending down, about to attach his whalebone leg to the stump of his living leg. The gap between the two leg shapes holds your attention, until your eyes rise. There, around the shoulders, are the transparent
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