Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882) of Boston left his studies at Harvard in 1834 in the hope that a sea voyage would aid his failing eyesight. He shipped out of Boston as a common seaman on board the brig Pilgrim bound for the Pacific, and returned to Massachusetts two years later. Completing his education, Dana became a leader of the American bar, an expert on maritime law, and a life-long advocate of the rights of the merchant seamen he had come to know on the Pilgrim and other vessels. Two years before the mast (1911) is based on the diary Dana kept while at sea. First published in 1841, it is one of America's most famous accounts of life at sea. It contains a rare and detailed account of life on the California coast a decade before the Gold Rush revolutionized the region's culture and society. Dana chronicles stops at the ports of Monterey, San Pedro, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara. He describes the lives of sailors in the ports and their work of hide-curing on the beaches, and he gives close attention to the daily life of the peoples of California: Hispanic, Native American, and European. The edition of the book reproduced here includes the chapter "Twenty-four Years After" prepared by Dana to accompany the "author's" edition published in 1869 as well as his son's "Seventy-six Years After," an appendix prepared in 1911.
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1834, Richard Dana, went from Harvard student to common seaman, sailing from California to Cape Horn. This journal survives as one of the most vivid accounts of the relationship between man and sea.
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Years Before The Mast A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea written by Richard Henry Dana and published by NuVision Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-12 with total page 352 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., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840. It is of note that he 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.
Download or read book Two Years Before The Mast A Personal Narrative Of Life At Sea written by Dana Richard Henry and published by . This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea' is an enchanting memoir written by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., an American lawyer, and author. The book provides a vivid and firsthand account of Dana's experiences as a common sailor aboard a merchant ship during the early 19th century. Furthermore, the book offers valuable insights into the social and economic conditions of the time, highlighting the labor exploitation faced by sailors and the power dynamics aboard ships. Dana's observations on the natural world and the maritime landscapes add depth to the narrative, painting a vivid picture of the awe-inspiring yet perilous environments he traverses. This book is not only a gripping adventure tale but also a significant historical document that sheds light on the realities of maritime life and the hardships endured by seafarers. It remains a timeless classic, captivating readers with its rich storytelling and providing a unique perspective on the maritime history of the United States.
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea written by R. H. Dana and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a fascinating and detailed chronicle of over two years spent in the American merchant service during the early 1800s. Written as a journal, it depicts the adventures and vicissitudes of a young sailor travelling from Boston around Cape Horn and on to the west coast of North America. Brought to life with a vividness that belies its age, “Two Years Before the Mast” is highly recommended for lovers of adventure writing and those with an interest in nautical history. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and published by Signet Classics. This book was released on 1981-02-03 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The narrative of the author's journey from Boston around the Cape Horn and landing at a port in the western coast of the United States. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Download or read book Two Years Before The Mast written by Richard Henry Dana Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Years Before The Mast: A Personal Narrative With A Supplement By The Author And Introduction And Additional Chapter By His Son, Richard Henry Dana This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea written by Richard Henry Dana and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
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Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana and published by . This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Henry Dana dropped out of school and became an ordinary deckhand on the brig Pilgrim. The perilous journey from Boston, begun in 1834, took the ailing yet determined youth past Cape Horn and around the Americas, concluding in the Mexican territory California. This expedition inspired Two Years before the Mast, a first-hand account of "the life of a common sailor" a work that combines history, philosophy, and personal experience.
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana and published by Thorndike Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes life at sea in the 1830's from the viewpoint of a common sailor in the American merchant service.
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The narrative of the author's journey from Boston around the Cape Horn and landing at a port in the western coast of the United States. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s account of his life as a common seaman aboard the brig the Pilgrim which set out from Boston on August 14, 1835 destined for California by way of the treacherous Cape Horn. Dana gives an engrossing, detailed account of the workings of the ship, the day-to-day routines of the deck hands, and the brutal shortcomings of inept, tyrannical officers.
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