Only two historical figures appear in the novel, Judge James Hall and Colonel John Moredock, the Indian hater.  
Only two historical figures appear in the novel, Judge James Hall and Colonel John Moredock, the Indian hater.  It is generally agreed that the characters of Egbert and Mark Winsome satirize Thoreau and Emerson, while China Aster and his friend Orchis may stand for the author and his father-in-law, Judge Lemuel Shaw.  FTP, identify this 1857 work, which begins in New Orleans on April 1 aboard the steamboat Fidele, the last novel by Herman Melville.
Only two historical figures appear in the novel, Judge James Hall and Colonel John Moredock, the Indian hater.  
The Confidence Man