Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
by Richard Henry Dana
from Barnes & Noble Classics
This expedition inspired Two Years before the Mast, a first-hand account of “the life of a common sailor” and a work that combines history, philosophy, and personal experience. Published in 1840, the book convincingly re-creates life at sea—the beauty and adventure but also the cold, danger, and backbreaking labor. Dana’s depiction of the inhuman conditions suffered by seamen at the hands of capricious, brutal, and even mad captains and ship owners was so stark that the book fueled urgent cries for reform. It also was deeply admired by Herman Melville, Dana’s most famous literary confidante.
Dana eventually became a lawyer, devoting himself to fighting for the rights of sailors—and slaves—in court. He went on to help form the anti-slavery Free Soil Party, work for the federal government during the Civil War, and serve on the Massachusetts legislature.
Two Years Before the Mast
by Richard Henry Dana
from IndyPublish
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."
Two Years Before the Mast was praised by Ralph Waldo Emerson as: "a voice from the forecastle. Though a narrative of literal, prosaic truth, it possesses something of the romantic charm of Robinson Crusoe. Few more interesting chapters of the literature of the sea have ever fallen under our notice."
Two Years Before the Mast
by Richard Henry Dana
from Neeland Media LLC
Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After (Harvard Classics, Part 23)
by Richard Henry Dana
from Kessinger Publishing
1909. R.H. Dana took a sea voyage and decided to go as a sailor not as a passenger. The voyage was bound from his home town of Boston to California. His experiences during those two years form the subject of this volume. Later in life he took another voyage around the world and those observations form the postscript of this book. This books value and interest today are even greater than they were when it was written for, while the purely human element remains the same, the account of the routine on board the old sailing ships, the picture of the trading on the coast of California, and the description of that country in the days before the discovery of gold had transformed its civilization, have all acquired a historical importance.
Poems And Prose Writings, ( 2 Vols. ) (Notable American Authors)
Two Years Before the Mast
by Richard Henry Dana
from Echo Library
First Author's edition, completed with additional information of subsequent events added by the original author's son
The Sailing - Narratives 2-In-1 Special: Two Years Before the Mast / Sir Francis Drake Revived
Two Tears Before The Mast (Dodo Press)
by Richard Henry Dana
from Dodo Press
Large format paper back for easy reading. Classic story of adventure and discovery based upon the real experiences of a prominent 19th century abolisionist
Poems and Prose Writings
A gathering of all of the author's published writings, including essays and reviews, through late 1849, in two volumes
Collected Works Of Richard Henry Dana, Sr. (Notable American Authors)
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