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Two Years before the Mast; or, a Voice from the forecastle: being a sailor's life at sea
Author | : Richard Henry DANA (Author of “Two Years before the Mast.”.) |
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Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1841 |
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Two Years Before the Mast
Author | : Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1845 |
Genre | : Sailors |
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Two Years Before the Mast
Author | : Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Sailors |
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Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882) of Boston left his studies at Harvard in 1834 in the hope that a sea voyage would aid his failing eyesight. He shipped out of Boston as a common seaman on board the brig Pilgrim bound for the Pacific, and returned to Massachusetts two years later. Completing his education, Dana became a leader of the American bar, an expert on maritime law, and a life-long advocate of the rights of the merchant seamen he had come to know on the Pilgrim and other vessels. Two years before the mast (1911) is based on the diary Dana kept while at sea. First published in 1841, it is one of America's most famous accounts of life at sea. It contains a rare and detailed account of life on the California coast a decade before the Gold Rush revolutionized the region's culture and society. Dana chronicles stops at the ports of Monterey, San Pedro, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara. He describes the lives of sailors in the ports and their work of hide-curing on the beaches, and he gives close attention to the daily life of the peoples of California: Hispanic, Native American, and European. The edition of the book reproduced here includes the chapter "Twenty-four Years After" prepared by Dana to accompany the "author's" edition published in 1869 as well as his son's "Seventy-six Years After," an appendix prepared in 1911.
Two Years Before the Mast
Author | : Richard Henry Dana |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0486135748 |
In 1834, a Harvard student enlisted as a common seaman, resulting in this adventure classic. Crackling with realism, it offers memorable views of a dangerous voyage, plus fascinating historical details.
The Annotated Two Years Before the Mast
Author | : Richard Henry Dana |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2013-11-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1574093193 |
A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s classic travel narrative, which inspired canonical works such as Moby Dick and Sailing Alone Around the World. As Rod Scher follows Dana (the Harvard dropout-turned-sailor) on his voyages around North America, he annotates Dana’s tale with critiques, tie-ins to today, and little-known facts about both the book and the milieu of Dana’s time.