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Title: White Jacket
or, the World on a Man-of-War
Author: Herman Melville
Posting Date: March 9, 2010 [EBook #10712]
Release Date: January 13, 2004
Language: English
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WHITE-JACKET
OR
THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR
BY HERMAN MELVILLE
AUTHOR OF "TYPEE," "OMOO," AND "MOBY-DICK"
NEW YORK UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY 5 AND 7 EAST SIXTEENTH STREET * * * * * CHICAGO: 266 & 268 WABASH AVE.
Copyright, 1892 BY ELIZABETH S. MELVILLE
"Conceive him now in a man-of-war;
with his letters of mart, well armed,
victualed, and appointed,
and see how he acquits himself."
—FULLER'S "Good Sea-Captain."
NOTE. In the year 1843 I shipped as "ordinary seaman" on board of a United States frigate then lying in a harbor of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged from the service upon the vessel's arrival home. My man-of-war experiences and observations have been incorporated in the present volume.
New York, March, 1850.
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | THE JACKET. |
| II. | HOMEWARD BOUND. |
| III. | A GLANCE AT THE PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS, INTO WHICH A MAN-OF-WAR'S CREW IS DIVIDED. |
| IV. | JACK CHASE. |
| 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 SHIP-BOARD; AND WHAT SORT OF GENTLEMEN THEY ARE. |
| VII. | BREAKFAST, DINNER, AND SUPPER. |
| VIII. | SELVAGEE CONTRASTED WITH MAD-JACK. |
| IX. | OF THE POCKETS THAT WERE IN THE JACKET. |
| X. | FROM POCKETS TO PICKPOCKETS. |
| XI. | THE PURSUIT OF POETRY UNDER DIFFICULTIES. |
| 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. |
| XIII. | A MAN-OF-WAR HERMIT IN A MOB. |
| XIV. | A DRAUGHT IN A MAN-OF-WAR. |
| XV. | A SALT-JUNK CLUB IN A MAN-OF-WAR, WITH A NOTICE TO QUIT. |
| XVI. | GENERAL TRAINING IN A MAN-OF-WAR. |
| XVII. | AWAY! SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CUTTERS, AWAY! |
| XVIII. | A MAN-OF-WAR FULL AS A NUT. |
| XIX. | THE JACKET ALOFT. |
| XX. | HOW THEY SLEEP IN A MAN-OF-WAR. |
| XXI. | ONE REASON WHY MEN-OF-WAR'S MEN ARE, GENERALLY, SHORT-LIVED. |
| XXII. | WASH-DAY AND HOUSE-CLEANING IN A MAN-OF-WAR. |
| XXIII. | THEATRICALS IN A MAN-OF-WAR. |
| XXIV. | INTRODUCTORY TO CAPE HORN. |
| XXV. | THE DOG-DAYS OFF CAPE HORN. |
| XXVI. | THE PITCH OF THE CAPE. |
| XXVII. | SOME THOUGHTS GROWING OUT OF MAD JACK'S COUNTERMANDING HIS SUPERIOR'S ORDER. |