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In 1843, after three years of voyaging in the South Seas, Melville signed up as an ordinary seaman on the man-of-war United States, and headed for home. What he observed on that trip formed the basis of White-Jacket, a success both as a story and as an expos 'e of certain naval practices of which the public was only dimly aware.
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- Title
- White-Jacket
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Herman Melville
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0192818287
- ISBN13
- 9780192818287
- Series
- Collection
- The world's classics
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- In 1843, after three years of voyaging in the South Seas, Melville signed up as an ordinary seaman on the man-of-war United States, and headed for home. What he observed on that trip formed the basis of White-Jacket, a success both as a story and as an expos 'e of certain naval practices of which the public was only dimly aware.