Book/Printed Material Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, in the merchant service.
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- Date: 1855
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Image 2 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, …- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 3 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, …- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 4 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, …- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 5 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, …- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 6 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … t yi f 1 Pid f 7 ij it ib ih- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 7 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … REDBURN Mobs OE ERS TY OY aaa Being the Sailorbon Confessions and Remin iscences of the SonofaGentleman in the Merchant Service BY HERMAN WELVILLE AUTHOR OF TYPEE yee AND MARDI NEW YORK…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 8 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … Entered according to Act of Congress in the year one thousand eight hundred and fortynine by Herman MEtvitte in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 9 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER THOMAS MELVILLE NOW A SAILOR ON A VOYAGE TO CHINA Ghis Volume is Inscribed- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 10 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 7 ee i 7 Ce Maebisont ei teeta fh- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 11 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … CONTENTS CHAPTER I HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURNS TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN EDIE ae wie ele ie 60 whe os Vee b 0 8 6 00 a ere asin…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 12 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … vi CONTENTS et re aes CHAPTER VIII HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH GETS SEASICK AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES eeeeeererecesss CHAPTER IX THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 13 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … CONTENTS vii CHAPTER XVII SUE COOK AND STEWARD cisis Lcu dedw siemens ie ee oe eek co eee CHAPTER XVIII HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 14 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … oui 7 CONTENTS CHAPTER XXVI MATEOR A TACK OF ALL TRADES 52 Gh 0a SRT Ee WSS CHAPTER XXVII HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVER POOL…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 15 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … CONTENTS ix CHAPTER XXXV GALLIOTS COASTOFGUINEAMAN AND FLOATING CHAPEL 221 CHAPTER XXXVI THE OLD CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS AND THE DEADHOUSE 225 CHAPTER XXXVII WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTTSHEYcesecccecsccee 228 CHAPTER XXXVIII…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 16 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … x CONTENTS CHAPTER XLV HARRY BOLTOi KIDNAPS REDBURN AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO IDM GRCHNP RMR ore ask GRD oe che DOE ieee RAT Oe oe ee areca ste Soo 282 CHAPTER…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 17 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … CONTENTS x1 CHAPTER LV DRAWING NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSONS CAREER 343 CHAPTER LVI UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONGBOAT REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION 7 ass 046 coals…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 18 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … Pe 5 MR ERAT BD Ge ele Pitas Ee Fig er me PR ee y i a SP Ae 7 a F ae R 7 73 Ts y 2s i 7 f…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 19 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … REDBURN CHAPTER I HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURNS TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM WELLINGBOROUGH as you are going to sea suppose you take this shootingjacket of mine along its…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 20 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 14 REDBURN charm to me Over and over again I devoured such an nouncements as the following FOR BREMEN The coppered and copperfastened brig Leda having near ly completed her cargo will…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 21 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 15 iron doors and shutters and tiled roofs and old anchors and chaincable piled on the walk Oldfashioned coffee houses also much abound in that neighborhood with sun burnt…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 22 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 16 REDBURN of shoes which I so much disliked for boots looked so manly hays As I grew older my thoughts took a larger flight and I frequently fell into long reveries…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 23 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 17 These I examined again and again wondering where the wood grew whether the workmen who made them still survived and what they could be doing with themselves now…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 24 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 18 REDBURN rhinoceroses and elephants and spotted tigers and above all there was a picture of a great whale as big as a ship stuck full of harpoons and three boats sailing…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 25 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 19 purpose of seeking my fortune on the sea was an oldfash ioned glass ship about eighteen inches long and of French manufacture which my father some thirty years…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 26 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 20 REDBURN the mantlepiece for a time beyond my reach and until I should recover my reason I do not know how to account for this temporary mad ness of mine unless…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 27 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 21 And this Queen rode undisputed mistress of a green glassy sea some of whose waves were breaking over her bow in a wild way I can tell you…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 28 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … CHAPTER II REDBURNS DEPARTURE FROM HOME It was with a heavy heart and full eyes that my poor mother parted with me perhaps she thought me an erring and a willful boy…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 29 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 93 behind ran away as fast as I could till I got to the corner where my brother was waiting He accompanied me part of the way to the…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 30 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 24 REDBURN time of manhood when the gristle has become bone and we stand up and fight out our lives as a thing tried before and foreseen for then we are veterans…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 31 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 25 apie SG ne iA eas de ee incontrovertible to the eye This patch I had hitherto studiously endeavored to hide with the ample skirts of my shooting jacket…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 32 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 26 5 REDBURN eyes he ordered me out of the cabin into the storm The devil in me then mounted up from my soul and spread over my frame till it tingled…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 33 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … CHAPTER III HE ARRIVES IN TOWN From the boats bow I jumped ashore before she was secured and following my brothers directions proceeded across the town toward St Johns Park to the…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 34 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 98 REDBURN ther out of me till at last I entirely ejected him with three successive bowls of Bohea Magic of kind words and kind deeds and good tea That night I…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 35 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 29 le pees SEE EE hs EEA a ately patting my head Its a hard life though a hard life But when I looked round at his comfortable and…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 36 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 30 REDBURN twentyfive was not a very wise man and this was a huge fib which out of the kindness of his heart he told in my behalf for the purpose of…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 37 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 31 Oh no he had better leave it with his relations said the captain so that he can go hunting again when he re turns from England Yes perhaps…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 38 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … CHAPTER IV HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLINGPIECE Next day I went alone to the shipping office to sign the articles and there I met a great crowd of sailors who as…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 39 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … HIS FIRST VOYAGE 33 self with Indianpudding or some other plushy compound this curly headed little man very civilly invited me into his shop and making a polite bow and bidding me…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
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Image 40 of Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, … 34 REDBURN Back of the counter were all sorts of things piled up and labeled Hats and caps and coats and guns and swords and canes and chests and planes and books…- Contributor: Melville, Herman
- Date: 1855
About this Item
Title
- Redburn: his first voyage. Being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, in the merchant service.
Names
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Created / Published
- New York, Harper & Brothers, 1855.
Headings
- - Sailors--Fiction
- - Young men--Fiction
- - Seafaring life--Fiction
- - Merchant mariners--Fiction
- - Liverpool (England)--Fiction
- - Americans--England--Fiction
Genre
- Autobiographical fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Sea stories
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- xi, [13]-390 p. 19 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- PZ3.M498 R6 PS2384.R4
Library of Congress Control Number
- 07017949
OCLC Number
- 11245214
Online Format
- online text
- image