White-jacket

White-Jacket

White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War, usually referred to as White-Jacket, is an 1850 novel by Herman Melville first published in England on January 23 by Richard Bentley and in the U.S. on March 21 by Harper & Brothers. It is based on his fourteen months service in the United States navy, aboard the frigate United States.

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