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Book/Printed Material White-Jacket; or, The world in a man-of-war.

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Title

  • White-Jacket; or, The world in a man-of-war.

Names

  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Created / Published

  • New York, Harper & brothers; [etc., etc.] 1855.

Headings

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

Genre

  • Sea stories

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • vii, [9]-465 p. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PZ3.M498 W2 PS2384.W5

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 07017946

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Melville, Herman. White-Jacket; or, The world in a man-of-war. [New York, Harper & brothers; etc., et, 1855] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/07017946/.

APA citation style:

Melville, H. (1855) White-Jacket; or, The world in a man-of-war. [New York, Harper & brothers; etc., et] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/07017946/.

MLA citation style:

Melville, Herman. White-Jacket; or, The world in a man-of-war. [New York, Harper & brothers; etc., et, 1855] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/07017946/>.