White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War by Herman Melville: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 91 original MP3 tracks, 17:30:58 running time and a link to listen.
White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War, credited to Herman Melville, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War, by Herman Melville. Read by James K. White. 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)
Recording facts
- Recording title: White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War
- Author credits: Herman Melville
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 91
- Listed recording duration: 17:30:58
Catalogue topics
- fiction
- Melville
- US navy
- USS United States
- USS Neversink
Opening tracks: first 24 of 91
- 01 - Preface and The Jacket — 7:02
- 02 - Homeward Bound — 4:54
- 03 - A Glance At The Principal Divisions, Into Which A Man-of-War's Crew Is Divided — 13:46
- 04 - Jack Chase — 13:29
- 05 - Jack Chase on a Spanish Quarter-Deck; 06 - 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 — 30:31
- 07 - Breakfast, Dinner, And Supper — 7:37
- 08 - Selvagee Contrasted With Mad-Jack — 11:33
- 09 - Of The Pockets That Were In The Jacket; 10 - From Pockets To Pickpockets — 11:37
- 11 - The Pursuit of Poetry Under Difficulties — 11:40
- 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 — 15:03
- 13 - A Man-of-War Hermit In A Mob — 7:55
- 14 - A Draught In A Man-of-War; 15 - A Salt-Junk Club In A Man-of-War, With A Notice To Quit — 29:35
- 16 - General Training In A Man-of-War — 20:05
- 17 - Away! Second, Third, and Fourth Cutters, Away! — 7:31
- 18 - A Man-of-War Full As A Nut — 4:03
- 19 - The Jacket Aloft — 8:53
- 20 - How They Sleep In A Man of War — 6:59
- 21 - One Reason Why Men-of-War's Men Are, Generally, Short-Lived — 8:25
- 22 - Wash-Day And House-Cleaning In A Man-Of-War — 11:28
- 23 - Theatricals In A Man-of-War — 17:59
- 24 - Introductory To Cape Horn — 10:44
- 25 - The Dog-Days Off Cape Horn — 10:54
- 26 - The Pitch of the Cape — 16:21
- 27 - Some Thoughts Growing Out Of Mad Jack's Countermanding His Superior's Order — 13:29
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