ISBN: 9781517082017

Wellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. However, when he does fulfil this long-held fantasy, he quickly finds that r… More...

Wellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. However, when he does fulfil this long-held fantasy, he quickly finds that reality as a cabin boy is far harsher than he ever imagined. Mocked by the crew on board the Highlander for his weakness and bullied by the vicious and merciless sailor Jackson, Wellington must struggle to endure the long journey from New York to Liverpool. But when he does reach England, he is equally horrified by what he finds there: poverty, desperation and moral corruption. Inspired by Melville's own youthful experiences on board a cargo boat, this is a compelling tale of innocence transformed, through bitter experience, into disillusionment. A fascinating sea journal and coming-of-age tale, Redburn provides a unique insight into the mind of one of America's greatest novelists. Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His earliest novels were bestsellers, but his popularity declined later in his life. By the time of his death he had virtually been forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick - largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and responsible for Melville's drop in popularity - was rediscovered in the 20th century as a literary masterpiece. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 1517082013

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ISBN: 9781517082017

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 o… More...

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. As a common seaman he can have no contact with those behind the mast where the officers command the ship. Before the mast, where the common seaman work and live, a bully named Jackson, the best seaman aboard, rules through fear with an iron fist. Uneducated yet cunning, with broken nose and squinting eye, he is described as a Cain afloat, branded on his yellow brow with some inscrutable curse and going about corrupting and searing every heart that beat near him. Redburn soon experiences all the trials of a greenhorn: seasickness, scrubbing decks, climbing masts in the dead of night to unfurl sails, cramped quarters, and bad food. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781517082017

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Wellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. However, when … More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Wellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. However, when he does fulfil this long-held fantasy, he quickly finds that reality as a cabin boy is far harsher than he ever imagined. Mocked by the crew on board the Highlander for his weakness and bullied by the vicious and merciless sailor Jackson, Wellington must struggle to endure the long journey from New York to Liverpool. But when he does reach England, he is equally horrified by what he finds there: poverty, desperation and moral corruption. Inspired by Melville's own youthful experiences on board a cargo boat, this is a compelling tale of innocence transformed, through bitter experience, into disillusionment. A fascinating sea journal and coming-of-age tale, Redburn provides a unique insight into the mind of one of America's greatest novelists., Literary Studies: General<

ISBN: 9781517082017

Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket ofmine along; it's just the thing-take it, it will save the expense of another. You see, it'squite warm; fin… More...

Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket ofmine along; it's just the thing-take it, it will save the expense of another. You see, it'squite warm; fine long skirts, stout horn buttons, and plenty of pockets.Out of the goodness and simplicity of his heart, thus spoke my elder brother to me,upon the eve of my departure for the seaport.And, Wellingborough, he added, since we are both short of money, and you wantan outfit, and I Have none to give, you may as well take my fowling-piece along, and sellit in New York for what you can get.-Nay, take it; it's of no use to me now; I can't find itin powder any more. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<