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White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War (1850), by Herman Melville
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White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War (1850), by Herman Melville
Current price: $11.99
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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.