White-Jacket; Or, The World In A Man-Of-War (1850),By Herman Melville

White Jacket written by Herman Melville (best known for his classic whaling novel) was first published in 1850 and is considered to be a semi-biographical book, written from Melville's own personal experiences while returning home to the Atlantic Coast from the South Seas with the American Navy on a man-o'-war vessel. In the note preceding the novel, Melville states, "In the year 1843 I shipped as 'ordinary seaman' on board of a United States frigate then lying in a harbor of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged from the service.

• | Author: Herman Melville
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Apr 10, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 218 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1530981379
• | ISBN-13: 9781530981373