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.

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	14. februar 2017
ISBN13	9781543112443
Utgivere	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antall sider	342
Mål	152 × 229 × 18 mm · 458 g
Språk	Engelsk