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White-Jacket

Herman Melville

1970400 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1970
first published
  • 1979New American Library · 411 pages · ENGISBN 9780451512314
  • 1988Naval Institute Press · 452 pages · ENGISBN 9780870217883
  • 1990Oxford University Press · 441 pages · ENGISBN 9780192818287
  • 2000Northwestern University Press · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9780810118287
  • 2002Modern Library · 445 pages · ENGISBN 9780812966176
  • 2011Floating Press · 528 pages · ENGISBN 9781775452218
  • 2006Dodo Press · 412 pages · ENGISBN 9781406509892
  • 1970Northwestern University Press · 499 pages · ENGISBN 9780810102583

In the year 1843 I shipped as Ordinary seaman on board of a United States frigate, then lying in a harbour of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged from the service upon the vessel s arrival home. My man-of-war experiences and observations are incorporated in the present volume.

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