Herman Melville, Mybook
Redburn. His First Voyage
Paperback
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Sept. 5, 2017)
Unable to find employment at home, young Wellingborough Redburn signs on the Highlander, a merchantman out of New York City bound for Liverpool, England. Representing himself as the "son of a gentleman" and expecting to be treated as such, he discovers that he is just a green hand, a "boy", the lowest rank on the ship, assigned all the duties no other sailor wants, like cleaning out the "pig-pen", a longboat that serves as a shipboard sty. The first mate promptly nicknames him "Buttons" for the shiny ones on his impractical jacket.
- ISBN
- 1976106141 / 9781976106149
- Pages
- 490
- Weight
- 28.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 1.1
in.