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White-Jacket (Hardcover)
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White-Jacket (Hardcover)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R534
Discovery Miles 5 340
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White-Jacket (1850) is an adventure novel by American writer Herman
Melville. Based on the author's personal experience as a seaman in
the United States Navy-Melville spent fourteen months aboard the
USS United States-the novel was both commercially successful and
influential for reforming US Naval policy. Following its
publication, and aided by advocacy from journalists and
politicians, flogging was banned as a punishment in the navy. The
novel is seen as a precursor to Melville's masterpiece, Moby-Dick
(1851), and is often compared to his posthumous novella Billy Budd
(1924). White-Jacket is the name given to the novel's protagonist,
a young seaman who embarks on the USS Neversink hoping for
brotherhood and adventure. As he grows accustomed to the duties and
indignities of naval life, he becomes the target of ire for most of
the crew and officers. His jacket, the only one of its kind on
board, not only causes him to stand out, but is a source of
constant danger-insufficient for the cold weather around Cape Horn,
difficult to discern from the color of the Neversink's sails, the
jacket both defines and dooms the novel's hero. Praised for its
adventurous narrative and political message, White-Jacket was a
critical and commercial success for Melville, enabling him to
compose and publish Moby-Dick, an ambitious and complex novel now
recognized as among the greatest works of American literature. With
a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Herman Melville's White-Jacket is a classic of
American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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