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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Modern Library Classics)

by Richard Henry Dana

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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."

Synopsis:

The story of a young man's adventure sailing from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast is a riveting, insightful account of life at sea (and the best surviving account of what it was like in 1834), replete with fascinating historical detail on California before the gold rush. This edition contains a new introduction by Gary Kinder.

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About the Author

Gary Kinder is the author of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. He lives in Seattle.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780375757945

Introduction:

Kinder, Gary

Publisher:

Modern Library

Introduction by:

Kinder, Gary

Introduction:

Kinder, Gary

Author:

Kinder, Gary

Author:

Dana, Richard Henry

Author:

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

Author:

Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

Location:

New York

Subject:

Essays & Travelogues

Subject:

Maritime History

Subject:

Sailing - Narratives

Subject:

Voyages and travels

Subject:

Seafaring life

Subject:

United States - 19th Century

Subject:

Nautical-Sailing

Copyright:

2001

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Modern Library Classics

Series Volume:

106-767

Publication Date:

20011031

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

4 BandW ILLUSTRATIONS

Pages:

544

Dimensions:

8 x 5.1 x 0.9 in 0.8 lb

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"Synopsis" by Ingram, The story of a young man's adventure sailing from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast is a riveting, insightful account of life at sea (and the best surviving account of what it was like in 1834), replete with fascinating historical detail on California before the gold rush. This edition contains a new introduction by Gary Kinder.