| White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War (1850), by Herman Melville Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530981379 ISBN-13: 9781530981373 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1270 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 7.99" W x 10" (0.97 lbs) 218 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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. |