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A young man tells of his experiences as a common sailor and provides a realistic portrait of the brutal life of nineteenthcentury seamen. Reprint.
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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
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- PublisherNew American Library
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0451527593
- ISBN 13 9780451527592
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages432
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