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White-Jacket

by Herman Melville

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  1. 1Epigraph — Note
  2. 2Chapter I — The Jacket
  3. 3Chapter II — Homeward Bound
  4. 4Chapter III — A Glance at the Principal Divisions, Into Which a Man…
  5. 5Chapter IV — Jack Chase
  6. 6Chapter V — Jack Chase on a Spanish Quarter-Deck
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Quarter-Deck Officers, Warrant Officers, and Berth…
  8. 8Chapter VII — Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Selvagee Contrasted With Mad-Jack
  10. 10Chapter IX — Of the Pockets That Were in the Jacket
  11. 11Chapter X — From Pockets to Pickpockets
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Pursuit of Poetry Under Difficulties
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Good or Bad Temper of Men-of-War’s Men, in a Grea…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — A Man-of-War Hermit in a Mob
  15. 15Chapter XIV — A Draught in a Man-of-War
  16. 16Chapter XV — A Salt-Junk Club in a Man-of-War, With a Notice to Quit
  17. 17Chapter XVI — General Training in a Man-of-War
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Away! Second, Third, and Fourth Cutters, Away!
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — A Man-of-War Full as a Nut
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Jacket Aloft
  21. 21Chapter XX — How They Sleep in a Man-of-War
  22. 22Chapter XXI — One Reason Why Men-of-War’s Men Are, Generally, Short…
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Wash-Day and House-Cleaning in a Man-of-War
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Theatricals in a Man-of-War
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Introductory to Cape Horn
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The Dog-Days Off Cape Horn
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — The Pitch of the Cape
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Some Thoughts Growing Out of Mad Jack’s Countermand…
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — Edging Away
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — The Night-Watches
  31. 31Chapter XXX — A Peep Through a Port-Hole at the Subterranean Parts…
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Gunner Under Hatches
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — A Dish of Dunderfunk
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — A Flogging
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Some of the Evil Effects of Flogging
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — Flogging Not Lawful
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Flogging Not Necessary
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — Some Superior Old “London Dock” From the Wine-Cool…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — The Chaplain and Chapel in a Man-of-War
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — The Frigate in Harbour — The Boats — Grand State Re…
  41. 41Chapter XL — Some of the Ceremonies in a Man-of-War Unnecessary and…
  42. 42Chapter XLI — A Man-of-War Library
  43. 43Chapter XLII — Killing Time in a Man-of-War in Harbour
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — Smuggling in a Man-of-War
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — A Knave in Office in a Man-of-War
  46. 46Chapter XLV — Publishing Poetry in a Man-of-War
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — The Commodore on the Poop, and One of “The People” U…
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — An Auction in a Man-of-War
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — Purser, Purser’s Steward, and Postmaster in a Man-…
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — Neversink
  51. 51Chapter L — The Bay of All Beauties
  52. 52Chapter LI — One of “The People” Has an Audience With the Commodore…
  53. 53Chapter LII — Something Concerning Midshipmen
  54. 54Chapter LIII — Seafaring Persons Peculiarly Subject to Being Under…
  55. 55Chapter LIV — “The People” Are Given “Liberty”
  56. 56Chapter LV — Midshipmen Entering the Navy Early
  57. 57Chapter LVI — A Shore Emperor on Board a Man-of-War
  58. 58Chapter LVII — The Emperor Reviews the People at Quarters
  59. 59Chapter LVIII — A Quarter-Deck Officer Before the Mast
  60. 60Chapter LIX — A Man-of-War Button Divides Two Brothers
  61. 61Chapter LX — A Man-of-War’s-Man Shot At
  62. 62Chapter LXI — The Surgeon of the Fleet
  63. 63Chapter LXII — A Consultation of Man-of-War Surgeons
  64. 64Chapter LXIII — The Operation
  65. 65Chapter LXIV — Man-of-War Trophies
  66. 66Chapter LXV — A Man-of-War Race
  67. 67Chapter LXVI — Fun in a Man-of-War
  68. 68Chapter LXVII — White-Jacket Arraigned at the Mast
  69. 69Chapter LXVIII — A Man-of-War Fountain, and Other Things
  70. 70Chapter LXIX — Prayers at the Guns
  71. 71Chapter LXX — Monthly Muster Round the Capstan
  72. 72Chapter LXXI — The Genealogy of the Articles of War
  73. 73Chapter LXXII — “Herein Are the Good Ordinances of the Sea, Which W…
  74. 74Chapter LXXIII — Night and Day Gambling in a Man-of-War
  75. 75Chapter LXXIV — The Main-Top at Night
  76. 76Chapter LXXV — “Sink, Burn, and Destroy.” — Printed Admiralty Order…
  77. 77Chapter LXXVI — The Chains
  78. 78Chapter LXXVII — The Hospital in a Man-of-War
  79. 79Chapter LXXVIII — Dismal Times in the Mess
  80. 80Chapter LXXIX — How Man-of-War’s-Men die at Sea
  81. 81Chapter LXXX — The Last Stitch
  82. 82Chapter LXXXI — How They Bury a Man-of-War’s-Man at Sea
  83. 83Chapter LXXXII — What Remains of a Man-of-War’s-Man After His Buria…
  84. 84Chapter LXXXIII — A Man-of-War College
  85. 85Chapter LXXXIV — Man-of-War Barbers
  86. 86Chapter LXXXV — The Great Massacre of the Beards
  87. 87Chapter LXXXVI — The Rebels Brought to the Mast
  88. 88Chapter LXXXVII — Old Ushant at the Gangway
  89. 89Chapter LXXXVIII — Flogging Through the Fleet
  90. 90Chapter LXXXIX — The Social State in a Man-of-War
  91. 91Chapter XC — The Manning of Navies
  92. 92Chapter XCI — Smoking-Club in a Man-of-War, With Scenes on the Gun-…
  93. 93Chapter XCII — The Last of the Jacket
  94. 94Chapter XCIII — Cable and Anchor All Clear

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