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�

This is the extended and annotated edition including an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life. Based on Melville's experiences as a co

White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850.and is considered to be a se

A detailed account of Herman Melville's life during the Civil War, as well as study of his war epic, Battle-Pieces.