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  1. I - Preface and The Jacket

    7:02

  2. II - Homeward Bound

    4:53

  3. III - A Glance At The Principal Divisions, Into Which A Man-of-War's Crew Is Divided

    13:46

  4. IV - Jack Chase

    13:29

  5. V - Jack Chase on a Spanish Quarter-Deck; <br />VI - The Quarter-Deck Officers, Warrant Officers, and Berth-Deck Underlings Of A Man-of-War; Where They Live In The Ship; How They Live; Their Social Standing On Shipboard; And What Sort Of Gentlemen They Are

    30:30

  6. VII - Breakfast, Dinner, And Supper

    7:36

  7. VIII - Selvagee Contrasted With Mad-Jack

    11:32

  8. IX - Of The Pockets That Were In The Jacket; <br />X - From Pockets To Pickpockets

    11:37

  9. XI - The Pursuit of Poetry Under Difficulties

    11:39

  10. XII - The Good or Bad Temper of Men-of-War's Men, In a Great Degree, Attributable to Their Particular Stations and Duties Aboard Ship

    15:03

  11. XIII - A Man-of-War Hermit In A Mob

    7:54

  12. XIV - A Draught In A Man-of-War;<br /> XV - A Salt-Junk Club In A Man-of-War, With A Notice To Quit

    29:35

  13. XVI - General Training In A Man-of-War

    20:04

  14. XVII - Away! Second, Third, and Fourth Cutters, Away!

    7:30

  15. XVIII - A Man-of-War Full As A Nut

    4:03

  16. XIX - The Jacket Aloft

    8:52

  17. XX - How They Sleep In A Man of War

    6:59

  18. XXI - One Reason Why Men-of-War's Men Are, Generally, Short-Lived

    8:24

  19. XXII - Wash-Day And House-Cleaning In A Man-Of-War

    11:27

  20. XXIII - Theatricals In A Man-of-War

    17:58

  21. XXIV - Introductory To Cape Horn

    10:43

  22. XXV - The Dog-Days Off Cape Horn

    10:53

  23. XXVI - The Pitch of the Cape

    16:20

  24. XXVII - Some Thoughts Growing Out Of Mad Jack's Countermanding His Superior's Order

    13:28

  25. XVIII - Edging Away

    9:09

  26. XXIX - The Night-Watches

    9:27

  27. XXX - A Peep Through a Port-Hole at the Subterranean Parts of a Man-of-War

    9:28

  28. XXXI - The Gunner Under Hatches

    11:16

  29. XXXII - A Dish of Dunderfunk

    5:52

  30. XXXIII - A Flogging

    13:27

  31. XXXIV - Some of the Evil Effects of Flogging

    11:25

  32. XXXV - Flogging Not Lawful

    11:41

  33. XXXVI - Flogging Not Necessary

    13:38

  34. XXXVII - Some Superior Old "London Dock" From the Wine-Coolers of Neptune

    6:05

  35. XXXVIII - The Chaplain and Chapel In A Man-of-War

    10:49

  36. XXXIX - The Frigate In Harbour.--The Boats.--Grand State Reception of The Commodore

    15:05

  37. XL - Some of the Ceremonies in a Man-of-War Unnecessary and Injurious

    4:26

  38. XLI - A Man-of-War Library

    6:55

  39. XLII - Killing Time In A Man-of-War In Harbour

    17:54

  40. XLIII - Smuggling In A Man-of-War

    15:24

  41. XLIV - A Knave In Office In A Man-of-War

    27:10

  42. XLV - Publishing Poetry In A Man-of-War

    4:23

  43. XLVI - The Commodore on the Poop, And One of 'The People" Under the Hands of the Surgeon

    13:20

  44. XLVII - An Auction In A Man-of-War

    16:51

  45. XLVIII - Purser, Purser's Steward, And Postmaster In A Man-of-War

    8:11

  46. XLIX - Rumors Of A War, And How They Were Received By The Population Of The Neversink

    6:57

  47. L - The Bay of All Beauties

    8:08

  48. LI - One of "The People" Has An Audience With The Commodore And The Captain On The Quarter-Deck

    7:58

  49. LII - Something Concerning Midshipmen

    14:25

  50. LIII - Seafaring Persons Peculiarly Subject To Being Under The Weather.--The Effects Of This Upon A Man-Of-War Captain

    7:18

  51. LIV - The People Are Given "Liberty"

    13:36

  52. LV - Midshipmen Entering The Navy Early

    5:56

  53. LVI - A Shore Emperor On Board A Man-Of-War

    12:14

  54. LVII - The Emperor Reviews The People At Quarters

    6:02

  55. LVIII - A Quarter-Deck Officer Before The Mast

    4:42

  56. LIX - A Man-Of-War Button Divides Two Brothers

    8:33

  57. LX - A Man-Of-War's-Man Shot At

    4:50

  58. LXI - The Surgeon Of The Fleet

    11:40

  59. LXII - A Consultation Of Man-Of-War Surgeons

    7:35

  60. LXIII - The Operation

    28:06

  61. LXIV - Man-Of-War Trophies

    6:24

  62. LXV - A Man-Of-War Race

    14:45

  63. LXVI - Fun In A Man-Of-War

    8:27

  64. LXVII - White-Jacket Arraigned At The Mast

    12:58

  65. LXVIII - A Man-Of-War Fountain, And Other Things

    10:11

  66. LXIX - Prayers At The Guns

    12:22

  67. LXX - Monthly Muster Round The Capstan

    13:24

  68. LXXI - The Genealogy Of The Articles Of War

    7:52

  69. LXXII - "Herein Are The Good Ordinances Of The Sea, Which Wise Men, Who Voyaged Round The World, Gave To Our Ancestors, And Which Constitute The Books Of The Science Of Good Customs" --The Consulate Of The Sea

    16:46

  70. LXXIII - Night And Day Gambling In A Man-Of-War

    13:11

  71. LXXIV - The Main-Top At Night

    21:50

  72. LXXV - "Sink, Burn, And Destroy."--Printed Admiralty Orders In Time of War

    12:43

  73. LXXVI - The Chains

    9:07

  74. LXXVII - The Hospital In A Man-Of-War

    19:08

  75. LXXVIII - Dismal Times In The Mess

    6:13

  76. LXXIX - How Man-Of-War's Men Die At Sea

    8:35

  77. LXXX - The Last Stitch

    7:52

  78. LXXXI - How They Bury A Man-Of-War's Man At Sea

    2:49

  79. LXXXII - What Remains Of A Man-Of-War's Man After His Burial At Sea

    3:15

  80. LXXXIII - A Man-Of-War College

    13:01

  81. LXXXIV - Man-Of-War Barbers

    13:58

  82. LXXXV - The Great Massacre of the Beards

    20:51

  83. LXXXVI - The Rebels Brought To The Mast

    5:07

  84. LXXXVII - Old Ushant At The Gangway

    12:36

  85. LXXXVIII - Flogging Through The Fleet

    10:12

  86. LXXXIX - The Social State In A Man-Of-War

    8:26

  87. XC - The Manning Of Navies

    27:08

  88. XCI - Smoking-Club In A Man-Of-War, With Scenes On The Gun-Deck Drawing Near Home

    14:55

  89. XCII - The Last Of The Jacket

    11:35

  90. XCIII - Cable And Anchor All Clear

    7:30

  91. The End

    6:34

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Drawing on Melville's year aboard a U.S. Navy frigate, this vivid novel exposes the harsh, often brutal life of the common sailor—flogging, tyranny, and injustice under the guns of a man-of-war—through the eyes of a seaman known by his makeshift white jacket. Part gripping sea narrative, part passionate social protest, it helped spur the abolition of flogging in the American navy. Rich in detail and moral force, White-Jacket is a powerful indictment of cruelty and a stirring portrait of shipboard life. Both adventure and reform tract, it reveals Melville's deep sympathy for the oppressed and his mastery of the world of the sea.

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  1. White-Jacket
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  3. THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR by Herman Melville
  4. Contents
  5. White-Jacket.
  6. Chapter I: The Jacket.
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Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American writer who drew heavily from his own experiences as a merchant sailor and whaler in the Pacific. He produced novels, short stories, and poetry that examined moral complexity and the sea, though he remained relatively obscure during his lifetime and saw renewed recognition only after his death.

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