The complete online text of Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville.

Herman Melville drew upon his adventurous travels on sea and land for the primary materials of his greatest fiction and poetry. Out of his experiences in the merchant service (1839), the whaling industry (1841- 1843), and the United States Navy (1843-184...

Herman Melville, who died almost forgotten although he had once been a popular author and had left behind ten notable books of prose fiction and four of verse, has gathered increasing fame, especially for his metaphysical whaling novel, Moby-Dick (1851)....

Herman Melville, who died almost forgotten although he had once been a popular author and had left behind ten notable books of prose fiction and four of verse, has gathered increasing fame, especially for his metaphysical whaling novel, Moby-Dick. Like m...

Herman Melville's fictional autobiography, 'Redburn', was an attempt to explore the way that the interaction between capitalism and democracy shapes middle-class male identity. The novel undermines the optimism always associated with the American way of life, where individualism is the norm. The novel shows...

Vaka Taumako: The First Voyage. 17 minutes, 1999, VHS (NTSC), color. Producer: Juniroa Productions. Vaka Taumako Project Archive and Research Center, Lihu'e, HI. US$20. (Both films available as a set for US$35.) Taumako is the main island of the Duff Group in...