Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Two Years Before the Mast

Richard Henry Dana Jr.

Two Years Before the Mast

Richard Henry Dana Jr. with Mark Van Doren (Contributor)

334 pages first pub 1840 (editions)

nonfiction classics history travel reflective slow-paced
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Two Years Before the Mast is a unique autobiography: the portrait of a Harvard undergraduate who put off his tight frock coat and kid gloves for the loose ducks and checked shirt of an ordinary seaman. It is also the first book which realistically...

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