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

Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

Published by The Heritage Press, 1947

About this Item

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea, Dana, Richard Henry, Jr. Published by The Heritage Press, 1947 With an Introduction by William McFee. Illustrated with engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall., 342pp. Illustrated boards, green top edge. Name to free endpaper and otherwise, volume is in fine, unread condition. Housed in a green slipcase with very light shelf wear. A classic memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr. detailing his 1834?1836 voyage from Boston to California as a common sailor. Dana, a Harvard student, documented the brutal realities, maritime labor, and California's early hide-trade industry, aiming to improve sailors' lives.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
• Publisher: The Heritage Press
• Publication Date: 1947
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: See Description
• Dust Jacket Condition: SlipCase
• Seller catalogs:
  • MARITIME AND TRAVEL
  • EXPEDITIONS. MiISSIONS Etc.
  • MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY