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White-jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-war
White-jacket Or The World in a Man-of-war
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: 9780030638909
ISBN-10: 0030638909
Pages: 446
Edition: Rinehart ed
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Publisher: Holt,Rinehart & Winston of Canada Ltd
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