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Redburn, that is, Melville at his desk, is both accepting and suspicious of Harry, but there is everything about the encounter as told that seems to reveal either a striking innocence of heart and mind or a defiance in offering the scenes to the public.
Melville in Love Hardwick, Elizabeth 2000
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It does not seem difficult in 'Redburn' to separate the author's actual experiences from those invented by him, this being the case in some of his other writings.
Typee Herman Melville 1855
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"Redburn," said I. "A pretty handle to a man, that; scorch you to take hold of it; haven't you got any other?"
Redburn. His First Voyage Herman Melville 1855
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It does not seem difficult in 'Redburn' to separate the author's actual experiences from those invented by him, this being the case in some of his other writings.
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When we first meet 19-year-old Johnny 'Red' Redburn it is September 1941 and Johnny, dishonourably discharged from the R.A.F., is serving in the Merchant Navy in the deadly convoys on course for the Russian port of Murmansk.
Archive 2009-05-01 Steve 2009
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"You leave an OP out here and it's like leaving a car in the middle of the night in New York," says Redburn.
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Between 1979 and 1985 this writer/artist duo detailed the adventures of RAF pilot Johnny "Red" Redburn on the Russian front in Battle Magazine as the commander of the elite Falcons fighter squadron fighting against the german invaders ....and his russian commanders and the nkvd.
Top 100 Comic Book Runs #2 and 1! | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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His greatest book is his memoir of his trip to Liverpool as a boy called "Redburn."
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"That's a lot to lay on poor Milton," Redburn sniffed.
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"They want us to be here, but they don't want us to do anything," says Redburn.
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