Herman Melville - White Jacket: Truth Is Ever Incoherent, and When the Big Hearts Strike Together, the Concussion Is a Little Stunning by Herman Melville

Herman Melville - White Jacket: Truth Is Ever Incoherent, and When the Big Hearts Strike Together, the Concussion Is a Little Stunning

Herman Melville

246 pages first pub 1849 (editions)

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Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1st, 1819, the third of eight children. At the age of 7 Melville contracted scarlet fever which was to permanently diminish his eyesight. At this time Melville was described as being "very backwa...

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