Two Years Before The Mast
A Personal Narrative
$22.31
- Paperback
407 pages
- Release Date
18 June 2009
Summary
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 sto…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451531254 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0451531256 |
| Author: | Richard Henry Dana |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Signet Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 407 |
| Release Date: | 18 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 57mm x 170mm x 109mm |
| Series: | Signet Classics (Hardcover) |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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“Possesses … the romantic charm of Robinson Crusoe.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
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About The Author
Richard Henry Dana
John Seelye is a graduate research professor of American literature at the University of Florida. He is the author of The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain at the Movies, Prophetic Waters- The River in Early American Literature, Beautiful Machine- Rivers and the Early Republic, Memory’s Nation- The Place of Plymouth Rock, and War Games- Richard Harding Davis and the New Imperialism. He is also the consulting editor for Penguin Classics in American literature.
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