Redburn His First Voyage e-bog

Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. 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 "e;son of a gentleman"e; and expecting to be treated as such, he discovers that he is just a green hand, a "e;boy"e;, the lowest rank on the ship, assigned all the duties no other sailor wants, like cleaning out the "e;pig-pen"e;, a longboat that serves as a shipboard sty...