White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war

441 pages

English language

Published July 27, 1990 by Oxford University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-19-281828-7
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In the year 1843 I shipped as Ordinary seaman on board of a United States frigate, then lying in a harbour of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged from the service upon the vessel s arrival home. My man-of-war experiences and observations are incorporated in the present volume.

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Subjects

  • Naval discipline -- Fiction
  • Flagellation -- Fiction
  • Warships -- Fiction
  • Sailors -- Fiction
  • United States -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction