<b>The text of this book is not available in this moment.</b><br/><img src="/Content/books/thumbs/7820.jpg" style="margin-top:15px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:25px;float:left"><u>Redburn: His First Voyage</u><br><span>Melville wrote of some of his earliest experiences at sea in the story of Wellingborough Redburn, a wet-behind-the-ears youngster whose head was filled with dreams of foreign travel and adventure. In Redburn, the protagonist enlists for a stint as a seaman aboard Highlander, a merchant ship running between New York and London. As with many of Melville's works, this one is as much about class and race as it is about the sea. </span><div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />
