Jeffrey L Amestoy: 1 book
Slavish Shore
The Odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer’s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana’s determination to keep that vow.
