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Slavish Shore : The Odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr. / Jeffrey L. Amestoy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amestoy, Jeffrey L., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882.
- Dana, Richard Henry.
- Antislavery movements--United States.
- Antislavery movements.
- Authors--Biography.
- Authors.
- Lawyers--United States--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Politicians--Massachusetts--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Sailors--United States--Biography.
- Sailors.
- Upper class--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
- Upper class.
- United States--Politics and government--1845-1861.
- United States.
- Massachusetts--Biography.
- Massachusetts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 p.) : 25 halftones
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer’s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana’s determination to keep that vow.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- 1. True Spirit
- 2. Pilgrim
- 3. Alert
- 4. The Vow
- 5. The Book
- 6. Boston, Brahmins, and the Business of Law
- 7. The Masquerade
- 8. The Great Man of the Age
- 9. The Inheritance
- 10. A Monstrous Thing
- 11. Chains
- 12. Boycott
- 13. The Little Darky Lawyer
- 14. The Club
- 15. The Presumption of Freedom
- 16. Who Can Tell What a Day May Bring Forth
- 17. Duty
- 18. Breakdown
- 19. Around the World
- 20. The Supreme Court Argument That Saved the Union
- 21. The Duke of Cambridge
- 22. Treason
- 23. The Rating
- 24. One of Them Damn Literary Fellers
- 25. Last Voyage
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-08897-2
- OCLC:
- 984686857
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