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White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

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)

Genre(s): Nautical & Marine Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	I - Preface and The Jacket	James K. White	00:07:02
Play 02	II - Homeward Bound	James K. White	00:04:53
Play 03	III - A Glance At The Principal Divisions, Into Which A Man-of-War's Crew Is Divided	James K. White	00:13:46
Play 04	IV - Jack Chase	James K. White	00:13:29
Play 05	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	00:30:30
Play 06	VII - Breakfast, Dinner, And Supper	James K. White	00:07:36
Play 07	VIII - Selvagee Contrasted With Mad-Jack	James K. White	00:11:32
Play 08	IX - Of The Pockets That Were In The Jacket; X - From Pockets To Pickpockets	James K. White	00:11:37
Play 09	XI - The Pursuit of Poetry Under Difficulties	James K. White	00:11:39
Play 10	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	00:15:03
Play 11	XIII - A Man-of-War Hermit In A Mob	James K. White	00:07:54
Play 12	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	00:29:35
Play 13	XVI - General Training In A Man-of-War	James K. White	00:20:04
Play 14	XVII - Away! Second, Third, and Fourth Cutters, Away!	James K. White	00:07:30
Play 15	XVIII - A Man-of-War Full As A Nut	James K. White	00:04:03
Play 16	XIX - The Jacket Aloft	James K. White	00:08:52
Play 17	XX - How They Sleep In A Man of War	James K. White	00:06:59
Play 18	XXI - One Reason Why Men-of-War's Men Are, Generally, Short-Lived	James K. White	00:08:24
Play 19	XXII - Wash-Day And House-Cleaning In A Man-Of-War	James K. White	00:11:27
Play 20	XXIII - Theatricals In A Man-of-War	James K. White	00:17:58
Play 21	XXIV - Introductory To Cape Horn	James K. White	00:10:43
Play 22	XXV - The Dog-Days Off Cape Horn	James K. White	00:10:53
Play 23	XXVI - The Pitch of the Cape	James K. White	00:16:20
Play 24	XXVII - Some Thoughts Growing Out Of Mad Jack's Countermanding His Superior's Order	James K. White	00:13:28
Play 25	XVIII - Edging Away	James K. White	00:09:09
Play 26	XXIX - The Night-Watches	James K. White	00:09:27
Play 27	XXX - A Peep Through a Port-Hole at the Subterranean Parts of a Man-of-War	James K. White	00:09:28
Play 28	XXXI - The Gunner Under Hatches	James K. White	00:11:16
Play 29	XXXII - A Dish of Dunderfunk	James K. White	00:05:52
Play 30	XXXIII - A Flogging	James K. White	00:13:27
Play 31	XXXIV - Some of the Evil Effects of Flogging	James K. White	00:11:25
Play 32	XXXV - Flogging Not Lawful	James K. White	00:11:41
Play 33	XXXVI - Flogging Not Necessary	James K. White	00:13:38
Play 34	XXXVII - Some Superior Old "London Dock" From the Wine-Coolers of Neptune	James K. White	00:06:05
Play 35	XXXVIII - The Chaplain and Chapel In A Man-of-War	James K. White	00:10:49
Play 36	XXXIX - The Frigate In Harbour.--The Boats.--Grand State Reception of The Commodore	James K. White	00:15:05
Play 37	XL - Some of the Ceremonies in a Man-of-War Unnecessary and Injurious	James K. White	00:04:26
Play 38	XLI - A Man-of-War Library	James K. White	00:06:55
Play 39	XLII - Killing Time In A Man-of-War In Harbour	James K. White	00:17:54
Play 40	XLIII - Smuggling In A Man-of-War	James K. White	00:15:24
Play 41	XLIV - A Knave In Office In A Man-of-War	James K. White	00:27:10
Play 42	XLV - Publishing Poetry In A Man-of-War	James K. White	00:04:23
Play 43	XLVI - The Commodore on the Poop, And One of 'The People" Under the Hands of the Surgeon	James K. White	00:13:20
Play 44	XLVII - An Auction In A Man-of-War	James K. White	00:16:51
Play 45	XLVIII - Purser, Purser's Steward, And Postmaster In A Man-of-War	James K. White	00:08:11
Play 46	XLIX - Rumors Of A War, And How They Were Received By The Population Of The Neversink	James K. White	00:06:57
Play 47	L - The Bay of All Beauties	James K. White	00:08:08
Play 48	LI - One of "The People" Has An Audience With The Commodore And The Captain On The Quarter-Deck	James K. White	00:07:58
Play 49	LII - Something Concerning Midshipmen	James K. White	00:14:25
Play 50	LIII - Seafaring Persons Peculiarly Subject To Being Under The Weather.--The Effects Of This Upon A Man-Of-War Captain	James K. White	00:07:18
Play 51	LIV - The People Are Given "Liberty"	James K. White	00:13:36
Play 52	LV - Midshipmen Entering The Navy Early	James K. White	00:05:56
Play 53	LVI - A Shore Emperor On Board A Man-Of-War	James K. White	00:12:14
Play 54	LVII - The Emperor Reviews The People At Quarters	James K. White	00:06:02
Play 55	LVIII - A Quarter-Deck Officer Before The Mast	James K. White	00:04:42
Play 56	LIX - A Man-Of-War Button Divides Two Brothers	James K. White	00:08:33
Play 57	LX - A Man-Of-War's-Man Shot At	James K. White	00:04:50
Play 58	LXI - The Surgeon Of The Fleet	James K. White	00:11:40
Play 59	LXII - A Consultation Of Man-Of-War Surgeons	James K. White	00:07:35
Play 60	LXIII - The Operation	James K. White	00:28:06
Play 61	LXIV - Man-Of-War Trophies	James K. White	00:06:24
Play 62	LXV - A Man-Of-War Race	James K. White	00:14:45
Play 63	LXVI - Fun In A Man-Of-War	James K. White	00:08:27
Play 64	LXVII - White-Jacket Arraigned At The Mast	James K. White	00:12:58
Play 65	LXVIII - A Man-Of-War Fountain, And Other Things	James K. White	00:10:11
Play 66	LXIX - Prayers At The Guns	James K. White	00:12:22
Play 67	LXX - Monthly Muster Round The Capstan	James K. White	00:13:24
Play 68	LXXI - The Genealogy Of The Articles Of War	James K. White	00:07:52
Play 69	LXXII - "Herein Are The Good Ordinances Of The Sea, Which Wise Men, Who Voyaged Round The World, Gave To Our Ancestors, And Which Constitute The Books Of The Science Of Good Customs" --The Consulate Of The Sea	James K. White	00:16:46
Play 70	LXXIII - Night And Day Gambling In A Man-Of-War	James K. White	00:13:11
Play 71	LXXIV - The Main-Top At Night	James K. White	00:21:50
Play 72	LXXV - "Sink, Burn, And Destroy."--Printed Admiralty Orders In Time of War	James K. White	00:12:43
Play 73	LXXVI - The Chains	James K. White	00:09:07
Play 74	LXXVII - The Hospital In A Man-Of-War	James K. White	00:19:08
Play 75	LXXVIII - Dismal Times In The Mess	James K. White	00:06:13
Play 76	LXXIX - How Man-Of-War's Men Die At Sea	James K. White	00:08:35
Play 77	LXXX - The Last Stitch	James K. White	00:07:52
Play 78	LXXXI - How They Bury A Man-Of-War's Man At Sea	James K. White	00:02:49
Play 79	LXXXII - What Remains Of A Man-Of-War's Man After His Burial At Sea	James K. White	00:03:15
Play 80	LXXXIII - A Man-Of-War College	James K. White	00:13:01
Play 81	LXXXIV - Man-Of-War Barbers	James K. White	00:13:58
Play 82	LXXXV - The Great Massacre of the Beards	James K. White	00:20:51
Play 83	LXXXVI - The Rebels Brought To The Mast	James K. White	00:05:07
Play 84	LXXXVII - Old Ushant At The Gangway	James K. White	00:12:36
Play 85	LXXXVIII - Flogging Through The Fleet	James K. White	00:10:12
Play 86	LXXXIX - The Social State In A Man-Of-War	James K. White	00:08:26
Play 87	XC - The Manning Of Navies	James K. White	00:27:08
Play 88	XCI - Smoking-Club In A Man-Of-War, With Scenes On The Gun-Deck Drawing Near Home	James K. White	00:14:55
Play 89	XCII - The Last Of The Jacket	James K. White	00:11:35
Play 90	XCIII - Cable And Anchor All Clear	James K. White	00:07:30
Play 91	The End	James K. White	00:06:34

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