Two Years before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Signet Classics) - Softcover
A personal narrative of life aboard an American merchant ship in the 1830s
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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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"Possesses . . . the romantic charm of Robinson Crusoe."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- PublisherSignet Classics
- Publication date1964
- ISBN 10 0451517644
- ISBN 13 9780451517647
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages1
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