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White-Jacket : or, The World in a Man-of-War (1850), by Herman Melville
Overview
"White Jacket" written by Herman Melville (best known for his classic whaling novel) was first published in 1850 and is considered to be a semi-biographical book, written from Melville's own personal experiences while returning home to the Atlantic Coast from the South Seas with the American Navy on a man-o'-war vessel. In the note preceding the novel, Melville states, "In the year 1843 I shipped as 'ordinary seaman' on board of a United States frigate then lying in a harbor of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged from the service.
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- ISBN-13: 9781530981373
- ISBN-10: 1530981379
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: April 2016
- Dimensions: 10 x 7.99 x 0.46 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.97 pounds
- Page Count: 218
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