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"The 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 . . ."

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: White Jacket
• Author: Herman Melville
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9781598183887
• ISBN: 9781598183887
• ID: 08763341
• Publisher: Alan Rodgers Books
• Weight: 632 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. October 2006

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