White-Jacket - Mint Editions - Herman Melville - Libros - Mint Editions - 9781513270067 - 25 de febrero de 2021
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White-Jacket - Mint Editions

Herman Melville

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White-Jacket - Mint Editions

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-Melville spent fourteen months aboard the USS United States-the novel was both commercially successful and influential for reforming US Naval policy. Following its publication, and aided by advocacy from journalists and politicians, flogging was banned as a punishment in the navy. The novel is seen as a precursor to Melville's masterpiece, Moby-Dick (1851), and is often compared to his posthumous novella Billy Budd (1924).


White-Jacket is the name given to the novel's protagonist, a young seaman who embarks on the USS Neversink hoping for brotherhood and adventure. As he grows accustomed to the duties and indignities of naval life, he becomes the target of ire for most of the crew and officers. His jacket, the only one of its kind on board, not only causes him to stand out, but is a source of constant danger-insufficient for the cold weather around Cape Horn, difficult to discern from the color of the Neversink's sails, the jacket both defines and dooms the novel's hero. Praised for its adventurous narrative and political message, White-Jacket was a critical and commercial success for Melville, enabling him to compose and publish Moby-Dick, an ambitious and complex novel now recognized as among the greatest works of American literature.


With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Herman Melville's White-Jacket is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.


386 pages

Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 25 de febrero de 2021
ISBN13 9781513270067
Editores Mint Editions
Páginas 386
Dimensiones 313 × 127 × 22 mm   ·   422 g
Lengua English  

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