In his attempt to remain in America, he wrote a study of Herman Melville, Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In, and had copies of the privately published work sent to every member of the Senate.
ジェームズは米国に残るためにハーマン・メルヴィルの研究書"Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In"を書き、全ての上院議員に個人出版した作品のコピーを送った。