White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
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"White-Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War" by Herman Melville is a novel published in 1850. Drawing from Melville's service aboard a U.S. Navy frigate, this work delivers a fierce critique of American naval life. The story follows a sailor whose homemade white jacket becomes both his identity and his curse, leading to near-fatal encounters at sea. Melville's graphic descriptions of flogging helped abolish the practice in the Navy, making this his
most politically charged work and a precursor to "Moby-Dick." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 |
|---|---|
| Title | White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-Jacket |
| Credits | Geoff Palmer |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Sea stories |
| Subject | Sailors -- Fiction |
| Subject | Naval discipline -- Fiction |
| Subject | Flagellation -- Fiction |
| Subject | Warships -- Fiction |
| Subject | United States -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 10712 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1452 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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