Two Years Before the Mast

Nonfiction, History, Military, Naval, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Wes Davis, Penguin Publishing Group
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Author: Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Wes Davis ISBN: 9781101050347
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: April 7, 2009
Imprint: Signet Language: English
Author: Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Wes Davis
ISBN: 9781101050347
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: April 7, 2009
Imprint: Signet
Language: English

Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail, including an intriguing portrait of California before the gold rush. As D. H. Lawrence proclaimed, "Dana's small book is a very great book."

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Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail, including an intriguing portrait of California before the gold rush. As D. H. Lawrence proclaimed, "Dana's small book is a very great book."

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