White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
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,...
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Show overview
White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War by Herman Melville launched in 2025 and has put out 91 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 8 min and 14 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Society & Culture show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 5 months ago. The busiest year was 2025, with 89 episodes published. Published by Loyal Books.
From the publisher
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)
Latest Episodes
View all 91 episodes01 - Preface and The Jacket
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02 - Homeward Bound
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03 - A Glance At The Principal Divisions, Into Which A Man-of-War's Crew Is Divided
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04 - Jack Chase
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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
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07 - Breakfast, Dinner, And Supper
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08 - Selvagee Contrasted With Mad-Jack
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09 - Of The Pockets That Were In The Jacket; 10 - From Pockets To Pickpockets
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11 - The Pursuit of Poetry Under Difficulties
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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
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13 - A Man-of-War Hermit In A Mob
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14 - A Draught In A Man-of-War; 15 - A Salt-Junk Club In A Man-of-War, With A Notice To Quit
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16 - General Training In A Man-of-War
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17 - Away! Second, Third, and Fourth Cutters, Away!
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18 - A Man-of-War Full As A Nut
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19 - The Jacket Aloft
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20 - How They Sleep In A Man of War
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21 - One Reason Why Men-of-War's Men Are, Generally, Short-Lived
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22 - Wash-Day And House-Cleaning In A Man-Of-War
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23 - Theatricals In A Man-of-War
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