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White-Jacket : or, The World in a Man-of-War (1850), by Herman Melville

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"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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