White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war

Description:

In the year 1843 I shipped as Ordinary seaman on board of a United States frigate, then lying in a harbour of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged from the service upon the vessel s arrival home. My man-of-war experiences and observations are incorporated in the present volume.

subjects: Fiction,  Sailors,  Naval History,  Flagellation,  Naval discipline,  Warships,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, historical,  Fiction, sea stories,  Fiction, historical, general

Places: United States,  Peru

Times: 19th century