The Annotated Two Years Before The Mast

Author : Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1574093193
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Annotated Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana Jr. and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s classic travel narrative, which inspired canonical works such as Moby Dick and Sailing Alone Around the World. As Rod Scher follows Dana (the Harvard dropout-turned-sailor) on his voyages around North America, he annotates Dana’s tale with critiques, tie-ins to today, and little-known facts about both the book and the milieu of Dana’s time.

Author : Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781466257481
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast (Annotated) written by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years before the mast were but an episode in the life of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.; yet the narrative in which he details the experiences of that period is, perhaps, his chief claim to a wide remembrance. His services in other than literary fields occupied the greater part of his life, but they brought him comparatively small recognition and many disappointments. His happiest associations were literary, his pleasantest acquaintanceships those which arose through his fame as the author of one book. The story of his life is one of honest and competent effort, of sincere purpose, of many thwarted hopes. The traditions of his family forced him into a profession for which he was intellectually but not temperamentally fitted: he should have been a scholar, teacher, and author; instead he became a lawyer.

Author : Richard Henry Richard Henry Dana Jr.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Richard Henry Dana Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., presents a narrative of his two years as a sailor aboard the Pilgrim, trading on the coast of California. He describes the sailor's life in the early days of shipping, as well as life in California before the gold rush. His eyesight impaired by measles, Dana left Harvard University to take a voyage during his convalescence--but as a sailor rather than passenger. Upon his return, he published his narrative of that sea journey. The book consists of thirty-seven chapters, most of them subdivided into journal entries written on particular days of interest. The concluding chapter, written some time later, suggests reforms to remedy the injustices of sailors' lives.Dana begins on the day of sailing, August 14, 1834, on the brig Pilgrim. The ship was bound for the West Coast of North America from Boston. His first impression of the ship was negative. The captain described himself to the crew as "clever," but "a bloody rascal" when crossed. The narrative follows the daily life and hardships of the sailors on the journey around Cape Horn. Dana describes memorable experiences such as the sighting of albatrosses, dolphins, and whales. He also shares much technical knowledge about the ship itself. Arriving at the California coast, the vessel anchored in the bay of Santa Barbara. Dana describes the coast of California and its inhabitants. The brig engaged in trading, traveling up the coast to Monterey and back down to San Pedro and San Diego.

Author : Richard Henry Dana
Publisher : Important Books
ISBN 13 : 9788087830444
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast (Complete and Annotated) written by Richard Henry Dana and published by Important Books. This book was released on 2013-07-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Henry Dana
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 373405978X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Author : Richard Henry Dana
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781484821275
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834. While an undergraduate at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles which affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana 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 recognized American classic, Two Years Before the Mast, published in 1840, the same year of his admission to the bar.

Author : Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781542761123
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the same name was released in 1946. The term "before the mast" refers to the quarters of the common sailors, in the forecastle, in the front of the ship. His writing evidences his later sympathy with the lower classes. He later became a prominent anti-slavery activist and helped found the Free Soil Party. In the book, which takes place between 1834 and 1836, Dana gives a vivid account of "the life of a common sailor at sea as it really is." He sails from Boston to South America and around Cape Horn to California. Dana's ship was on a voyage to trade goods from the United States for the Mexican colonial Californian California missions' and ranchos' cow hides. They traded at the ports in San Diego Bay, San Pedro Bay, Santa Barbara Channel, Monterey Bay, and San Francisco Bay. Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of an eminent colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the American classic, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen.

Author : Jr Richard Henry Dana
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ISBN 13 : 9781701108851
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast. written by Jr Richard Henry Dana and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the same name was released in 1946.BackgroundWhile an undergraduate at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles which affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana 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 recognized American classic, Two Years Before the Mast, published in 1840

Author : Richard H. Dana
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781727342499
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard H. Dana and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Years Before the Mast Richard H. Dana Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834.

Author : Richard Hency Dana
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ISBN 13 : 9781540804419
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Hency Dana and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why buy our paperbacks? Standard Font size of 10 for all books High Quality Paper Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated About Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Henry Dana Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the same name was released in 1946. The term "before the mast" refers to the quarters of the common sailors - in the forecastle, in the front of the ship. His writing evidences his later sympathy with the lower classes; he later became a prominent anti-slavery activist and helped found the Free Soil Party. Dana did not set out to write Two Years Before the Mast as a sea adventure, but to highlight how poorly common sailors were treated on ships. It quickly became a best seller.