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.

Medie	Bøger Paperback Bog (Bog med blødt omslag og limet ryg)
Udgivet	6. september 2017
ISBN13	9781976137303
Forlag	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sider	624
Mål	152 × 229 × 32 mm · 820 g
Sprog	Engelsk

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