The larger-than-life legend of Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as Howlin’ Wolf, is chronicled with care and respect by co-authors James Segrest and Mark Hoffman in their detailed biography Moanin’ at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin’ Wolf. Among the many revealing accounts in the book are the tribulations and rejections of Burnett’s childhood, his discharge from the army on psychiatric grounds, and recollections of the Wolf in action by a host of musicians from both the blues and rock n roll worlds. Moanin’ at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin’ Wolf was published by Pantheon Books in 2004.
