Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Two Years Before the Mast

Richard Henry Dana

336 pages first pub 1840 (editions)

nonfiction classics history travel reflective slow-paced
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While attending Harvard as a young man, Richard Dana's eyesight became weak and his health declined. He decided that the austere prescription of salt air and plain hard work would be the cure. Not many would give up comfort and privilege, but for ...

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