Based on Melville's experiences as a common seaman aboard the frigate USS United States from 1843 to 1844 and stories that other sailors told him, the novel is severely critical of virtually every aspect of American naval life and thus qualifies as Melville's most politically strident work.[citation needed] At the time, though, the one thing that journalists and politicians focused on in the novel was its graphic descriptions of flogging and the horrors caused by its arbitrary use; in fact, because Harper & Bros.

Media	Boeken Paperback Book (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug)
Vrijgegeven	6 september 2017
ISBN13	9781976137303
Uitgevers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pagina's	624
Afmetingen	152 × 229 × 32 mm · 820 g
Taal en grammatica	Engels

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