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Two Years Before the Mast
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher North Books
Publication date January 1, 2001
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781582871363
ISBN-10 1582871361
Dimensions 1.25 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight 1.55 lbs.
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Original list price $25.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
A personal narrative of life aboard an American merchant ship in the 1830s.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840. While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles that affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour as most of his fellow classmates traditionally did (and unable to afford it anyway), and being something of a nonconformist, left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He returned to Massachusetts two years later aboard the Alert (which left California sooner than the Pilgrim). He kept a diary throughout the voyage, and, after returning, he wrote a book based on his experiences. Recognized as an American classic, Two Years Before the Mast was published the same year that Dana was admitted to the bar.

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