Project American Icons: Moby Dick Division of Public Programs Photo caption Portrait of Herman Melville by Joseph Oriel Eaton. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Photo caption Portrait of Herman Melville by Joseph Oriel Eaton. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons An hour-long podcast in pursuit of the influence of Melville’s great white whale on American literature and culture. View Project NEH Award Details Related on NEH.gov Blog Beyond Moby Dick: Native American Whalemen in the 19th Century November 3, 2017 Magazine Article Nineteenth-Century Whaler Takes Twenty-First Century Voyage Magazine Article Oyster Wars Magazine Article Sea Captains Changed the Pacific World. David Igler Explains How.