Neville chooses poverty over returning home at twenty-three

At twenty-three, living in New York City and often without food, he resolved that he would starve rather than return to the comforts of his father's home in Barbados, because he had to find out the cause of the phenomena of life.
Date (happened)
c. 1928
unresolved
  1. c. 1928 stated · probable · preferred
    Source Down to the Sea in Ships ¶9"I was twenty-three years old", told in Down to the Sea in Ships (nid 1276)
Persons
Told / reported
  1. 14 April 1967 stated
    Source Down to the Sea in ShipsDown to the Sea in Ships (nid 1276), telling 1276-1, told 1967-04-14
Sources

Source

  • Down to the Sea in Ships ¶9 (May I tell you, I was twenty-three years old, I was living in New York City, and I made my decision that whether I starved to death or not I would not return to the comforts of my father’s home in Barbados where all the comforts were provided.)