Redburn (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781543112443)

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. Redburn quickly grasps the workings of social relations aboard ship.

Author: Sir Angels, Herman Melville
ISBN-10: 1543112447
ISBN-13: 9781543112443
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2017
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d