Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana Jr., Wright Morris

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

Richard Henry Dana Jr., Wright Morris

576 pages • first pub 1840 (editions)

nonfiction classics history travel reflective slow-paced
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In 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class.  Dana’s account of his passage around Cape Horn to California, and back, is a remarkable portrait...

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