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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

Paperback • 1981 • English

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

By Richard Henry Dana

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About the book

In 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class. Dana's account of his passage around Cape Horn to California, and back, is a remarkable portrait of the seagoing life: the day-to-day routines and conversations, the sailors who manned the ship, the brutality of incompetent officers, and the style of life in the newly emerging coastal towns of California. As Thomas Philbrick discusses in his intr...Show more

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ISBN

9780140390087

Publisher

PENGUIN BOOKS

Published year

1981

Language

English

Original title

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

Format

Paperback

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