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Redburn. His First Voyage Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman in the Merchant Navy

Herman Melville · 1849

A novel by Herman Melville, published in 1849, telling the first-person story of young Wellingborough Redburn, a poor boy who goes to sea as a sailor on a merchant ship, recounting his hardships and adventures aboard and during a voyage to Liverpool.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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