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White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War: Volume Five, Scholarly Edition (Melville)
White Jacket or The World in a Man-of-War Volume Five Scholarly Edition - Melville
Author: Herman Melville
In 1843, after years of voyaging in the South Seas, Herman Melville signed up as a seaman on the man-of-war UNITED STATES, headed for home. What he observed formed the basis for this expose of autocratic practices which meted out to white men on board the same treatment as black slaves received on plantations. Published in 1850, WHITE JACKET ref...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780810102583
ISBN-10: 0810102587
Publication Date: 6/1/1970
Pages: 499
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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