White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War
Author(s): Herman Melville
Genre(s): Nautical & Marine Fiction
Narrators: James K. White
Number of Chapters: 91
Length: 17 hours and 30 minutes
Language: English
This is a tale based on Melville's experiences aboard the USS United States from 1843 to 1844. It comments on the harsh and brutal realities of service in the US Navy at that time, but beyond this the narrator has created for the reader graphic symbols for class distinction, segregation and slavery aboard this microcosm of the world, the USS Neversink. (Introduction by James K. White)
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III - A Glance At The Principal Divisions, Into Which A Man-of-War's Crew Is Divided (James K. White)
V - Jack Chase on a Spanish Quarter-Deck;
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 (James K. White)
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 (James K. White)
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 (James K. White)
XIV - A Draught In A Man-of-War;
XV - A Salt-Junk Club In A Man-of-War, With A Notice To Quit (James K. White)
XV - A Salt-Junk Club In A Man-of-War, With A Notice To Quit (James K. White)
XXVII - Some Thoughts Growing Out Of Mad Jack's Countermanding His Superior's Order (James K. White)
XXXIX - The Frigate In Harbour.--The Boats.--Grand State Reception of The Commodore (James K. White)
XLVI - The Commodore on the Poop, And One of 'The People" Under the Hands of the Surgeon (James K. White)
XLIX - Rumors Of A War, And How They Were Received By The Population Of The Neversink (James K. White)
LI - One of "The People" Has An Audience With The Commodore And The Captain On The Quarter-Deck (James K. White)
LIII - Seafaring Persons Peculiarly Subject To Being Under The Weather.--The Effects Of This Upon A Man-Of-War Captain (James K. White)
The audiobook White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War falls under the genres of Nautical & Marine Fiction. It is written by Herman Melville.