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Two years before the mast : a personal narrative / Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ; with an introduction by John Seelye ; afterword by Wright Morris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882--Travel.
- Dana, Richard Henry.
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882.
- Travel.
- Pilgrim (Brig).
- Alert (Brig : 1843-1862).
- Voyages and travels.
- Seafaring life.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Other Title:
- 2 years before the mast
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Signet Classic, [2000]
- Summary:
- In 1834, a young Harvard man signed on as a common seaman for a perilous voyage around Cape Horn to California. During the next two years he kept a daily journal that endures as one of the most vivid recreations of life at sea ever published. New Introduction by John Seelye. Afterword by Wright Morris.
- Notes:
- "Housed on the wild sea, with wild usages."
- Includes bibliographical references (page [407]).
- ISBN:
- 0451527593
- OCLC:
- 43665338
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