
Table of Contents
White−Jacket.......................................................................................................................................................1
Herman Melville......................................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1. The Jacket...............................................................................................................................3
Chapter 2. Homeward−Bound.................................................................................................................4
Chapter 3. A Glance at the principal Divisions, into which a Man−of−war's Crew is divided..............5
Chapter 4. Jack Chase..............................................................................................................................8
Chapter 5. Jack Chase on a Spanish Quarter−deck..............................................................................10
Chapter 6. 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...............................................................................12
Chapter 7. Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper............................................................................................17
Chapter 8. Selvagee contrasted with Mad−Jack...................................................................................18
Chapter 9. Of the Pockets that were in the Jacket.................................................................................20
Chapter 10. From Pockets to Pickpockets............................................................................................22
Chapter 11. The Pursuit of Poetry under Difficulties...........................................................................22
Chapter 12. The Good or Bad Temper of Men−of−war's men, in a great Degree, attributable to
their Particular Stations and Duties aboard Ship..................................................................................25
Chapter 13. A Man−of−war Hermit in a Mob......................................................................................28
Chapter 14. A Drought in a Man−of−war.............................................................................................29
Chapter 15. A Salt−Junk Club in a Man−of−war, with a Notice to Quit.............................................31
Chapter 16. General Training in a Man−of−war..................................................................................35
Chapter 17. Away! Second, Third, and Fourth Cutters, away!.............................................................39
Chapter 18. A Man−of−war Full as a Nut............................................................................................41
Chapter 19. The Jacket aloft..................................................................................................................42
Chapter 20. How they Sleep in a Man−of−war....................................................................................44
Chapter 21. One Reason why Men−of−war's−men are, generally, Short−lived..................................45
Chapter 22. Wash−day, and House−cleaning in a Man−of−war..........................................................47
Chapter 23. Theatricals in a Man−of−war............................................................................................50
Chapter 24. Introductory to Cape Horn................................................................................................54
Chapter 25. The Dog−days off Cape Horn...........................................................................................56
Chapter 26. The Pitch of the Cape.........................................................................................................58
Chapter 27. Some Thoughts growing out of Mad Jack's Countermanding his Superior's Order.........62
Chapter 28. Edging Away......................................................................................................................65
Chapter 29. The Night−watches............................................................................................................67
Chapter 30. A Peep through a fort−hole at the Subterranean Parts of a Man−of−war.........................69
Chapter 31. The Gunner under Hatches.................................................................................................70
Chapter 32. A Dish of Dunderfunk........................................................................................................72
Chapter 33. A Flogging.........................................................................................................................74
Chapter 34. Some of the Evil Effects of Flogging................................................................................77
Chapter 35. Flogging not Lawful...........................................................................................................79
Chapter 36. Flogging not Necessary......................................................................................................81
Chapter 37. Some superior old "London Dock" from the Wine−coolers of Neptune..........................83
Chapter 38. The Chaplain and Chapel in a Man−of−war.....................................................................85
Chapter 39. The Frigate in Harbor The Boats Grand State Reception of the Commodore...........87
Chapter 40. Some of the Ceremonies in a Man−of−war unnecessary and injurious............................90
Chapter 41. A Man−of−war Library......................................................................................................91
Chapter 42. Killing Time in a Man−of−war in Harbor.........................................................................92
Chapter 43. Smuggling in a Man−of−war............................................................................................96
White−Jacket; or, The World in a Man−of−War
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