TY  - BOOK
AU  - Melville,Herman
TI  - Redburn. His First Voyage: Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman in the Merchant Navy
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Sea stories
KW  - Autobiographical fiction
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - Young men -- Fiction
KW  - Americans -- England -- Fiction
KW  - Sailors -- Fiction
KW  - Seafaring life -- Fiction
KW  - Merchant mariners -- Fiction
KW  - Liverpool (England) -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redburn; Release date is 2005-05-01; Project Gutenberg volunteers and Blackmask Online; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Redburn. His First Voyage" by Herman Melville is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1849. It follows young Wellingborough Redburn, a gentleman's son who signs onto a merchant ship bound for Liverpool. Expecting respect, he instead faces brutal treatment as the lowest-ranking sailor aboard. He encounters tyrannical crewmates, witnesses devastating poverty in Liverpool's streets, and befriends a mysterious dandy whose secrets unfold during their return voyage. The novel chronicles a youth's harsh awakening to life's cruelties at sea and ashore. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8118
ER  -