White-Jacket, or, The World in a Man-of-War

White-Jacket, or, The World in a Man-of-War - Northwestern-Newberry Editions of the Writings of Herman Melville

The authoritative Edition, The Northwestern-Newberry Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

A crewman on the man-of-war ""Neversink"", White-Jacket gets his name from the shirt he turned into a coat and lined with rags. The journey he undertakes is dangerous - a man falls overboard and White-Jacket falls from the rigging.

Book information

ISBN: 9780810118287
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Imprint: Northwestern University Press
Pub date:
Edition: The authoritative Edition, The Northwestern-Newberry Edition
DEWEY: 813.3
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 512g
Height: 143mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 37mm