| White-Jacket Revised Edition Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870217887 ISBN-13: 9780870217883 Publisher: US Naval Institute Press OUR PRICE: $33.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1988 Annotation: An allegorical novel about the harsh life of a seaman onboard a nineteenth-century U.S. Navy frigate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Sea Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 88002650 |
| Lexile Measure: 1270 |
| Physical Information: 1.75" H x 5.86" W x 8.5" (1.61 lbs) 488 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An allegorical novel about the harsh life of a seaman onboard a nineteenth-century U.S. Navy frigate. |
Contributor Bio(s): Melville, Herman: - Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 � September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America. |