White Jacket, Vol. 6
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from White Jacket, Vol. 6: Or the World in a Man-of-War The object of this work is to give some idea of the interior life in a man-of-war. In the year 1843, the author shipped as a common sailor on board of a United States frigate, then lying in a harbour of the Pacific Ocean. After serving on board of this frigate for more than a year, he was discharged, with the rest of the crew, upon the vessel´s arrival home. His man-of-war experiences and observations have been incorporated into the present volume. As the object of this work is not to portray the particular man-of-war in which the author sailed, and its officers and crew, but, by illustrative scenes, to paint general life in the Navy, the true name of the frigate is not given. Nor is it here asserted that any of the persons introduced in the following chapters are real individuals. Wherever statements are made in any way concerning the established laws and usages of the Navy, facts have been strictly adhered to. Allusion is sometimes made to events or facts in the past history of Navies. In these cases, no statement is presented unless supported by the best authorities. For the hitherto unrecorded by-play of circumstances in one or two well-known naval actions referred to, the writer is indebted to the seamen into whose mouths these things are put. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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