Melville, Herman 1819-1891 creator text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "White-Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War" by Herman Melville is a novel published in 1850. Drawing from Melville's service aboard a U.S. Navy frigate, this work delivers a fierce critique of American naval life. The story follows a sailor whose homemade white jacket becomes both his identity and his curse, leading to near-fatal encounters at sea. Melville's graphic descriptions of flogging helped abolish the practice in the Navy, making this his most politically charged work and a precursor to "Moby-Dick." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-Jacket Release date is 2004-01-01 Geoff Palmer Original publication data not identified Sea stories Sailors -- Fiction Naval discipline -- Fiction Flagellation -- Fiction Warships -- Fiction United States -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10712 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10712 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133246.0 10712