White-Jacket or the World in a Man-of-War D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers tyrannical hierarchy rife with systemic

tyrannical hierarchy rife with systemic cruelty

Year:  1986Stated Print: First PrintingPublisher: Smithsonian BooksEdition:  First EditionAdditional Condition Info: Please refer to pictures for overall condition

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White-Jacket or the World in a Man-of-War D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers tyrannical hierarchy rife with systemicBefore his legendary pursuit of the white whale, Herman Melville delivered this searing, semi autobiographical expos of life inside the wooden walls of an American man of war. Subtitled The World in a Man of War, the narrative follows a young seaman aboard the USS Neversink who is instantly branded an outsider by the makeshift white canvas coat he fashions to brave the freezing gales of Cape Horn. Through this narrator's eyes, Melville strips away the