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Two Years Before the Mast

Paperback • 2001 • English

Two Years Before the Mast

By Richard Henry Dana

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About the book

After a bout with measles, Richard Henry Dana decided to break the tedium of his convalescence with a sea voyage -- not as a passenger, but as a sailor. On August 14, 1934, the <i>Pilgrim</i> set off from Boston bound for the coast of California. Here is the result -- a book recognized in the U.S. and England as the most vivid and accurate depiction of sea life at that time. It tells of routine on board the old sailing ships, and presents a pictorial essay of California in the days before the go...Show more

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ISBN

9781582182865

Publisher

North Scituate, MA, USA : Digital Scanning, Incorporated

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

Two Years Before the Mast

Format

Paperback

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