The historian J.C. Chasteen has discussed the place of Melo in the history of Uruguay in his book Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos.
Povjesničar J.C. Chasteen pisao je o Melu u svojoj knjizi o povijesti Urugvaja "Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos".