Fingerstyle Guitar From Scratch
Travis-Style Guitar From Scratch
both by Bruce Emery, and available from Amazon.
I know OP said he didn't like Merle Travis, but the term "Travis Picking" is broadly used to apply to all chord melody fingerpicking a la Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Mark Knofler, James Taylor, and Tommy Emmanuel.
Also investigate Mother Maybelle Carter and Carter Picking, which is basically upside down Travis picking where the melody is played with the thumb on the 4-5-6 strings and the fingers "scratch" the accompaniment in the 1-2-3 strings.
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