Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Henry Dana

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."

Richard Henry Dana Jr (1815-1882) was a Massachusetts-based lawyer and politician. Dana became well-known as the author of Two Years Before the Mast, a memoir that became an American classic. He was a descendent of a prominent colonial family. Dana was a champion of the oppressed, from mariners to escaped slaves, as a writer and as a lawyer.

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ISBN 13	9780451531254
ISBN 10	0451531256
Titel	Two Years Before The Mast
Autor	Richard Henry Dana
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Signet
Erscheinungsjahr	2009-04-07
Seitenanzahl	432
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.