Presents a collection of the writings of Herman Melville.
"Redburn charts the coming-of-age of Wellingborough Redburn, a young innocent who embarks on a crossing to Liverpool together with a roguish crew.
"Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket of mine along; it's just the thing-take it, it will save the expense of another.
Redburn: His First Voyage is the 1849 novel by American author Herman Melville. The novels protagonist, a young New Yorker, named Wellingborough Redburn, signs onto the Highlander, a merchant ship bound to Liverpool out of New York City.
Drawn from Melville's own adolescent experience aboard a merchant ship, Redburn tells the story of Wellingborough Redburn, whose innocence is transformed into disenchantment at the hands of bullying and brutal shipmates and the squalid ...
Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel “Moby-Dick.” Partly based on the author’s experience, “Redburn” is a fascinating coming-of ...
Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849.
Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849.