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Richard Henry Dana referred to this book as "a voice from the sea." Influencing such authors as Conrad and Melville, it has become a maritime classic that has inflicted legions of men with a passion for the sea.
Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brigPilgrimfor a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. Dana Point was named as a result of this journey. Drawing from his journals,Two Years before the Mastgives a vivid and detailed account, shrewdly observed and beautifully described, of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and of a way of life virtually unknown at that time.
This is a breathtaking true storyof adventure on the high seas.
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- Publisher:Blackstone Publishing
- Publication Date:02/12/2010
- ISBN:9781483068862
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-
eAudio Download - Immediately Available
- Format:eAudiobook MP3
- Run-time:16 hours 31 mins
- File size:1361.1MB
- Publisher:Blackstone Publishing
- Publication Date:02/12/2010
- ISBN:9781483068862