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400 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780810118287
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication date: 22 November 2000
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Herman Melville wrote White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War during two months of intense work in the summer of 1849. He drew upon his memories of naval life, having spent fourteen months as an ordinary seaman aboard a frigate as it sailed th...
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400 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780810118287
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication date: 22 November 2000
Description
Herman Melville wrote White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War during two months of intense work in the summer of 1849. He drew upon his memories of naval life, having spent fourteen months as an ordinary seaman aboard a frigate as it sailed th...