Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast
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Summary
A young man tells of his experiences as a common sailor and provides a realistic portrait of the brutal life of nineteenth-century seamen.
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Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr
In 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class. Dana’s account of his passage around Cape Horn to California, and back, is a remarkable portrait of the seagoing life: the day-to-day routines and conversations, the sailors who manned the ship, the brutality of incompetent officers, and the style of life in the newly emerging coastal towns of California. As Thomas Philbrick discusses in his introduction, the public’s sympathy for the plight of mariners, which was aroused by the book, eventually faded, but Two Years Before the Mast forever changed readers’ romanticized perceptions of life at sea and inaugurated a lasting tradition of realism and concern for human values.
"Possesses. . the romantic charm of Robinson Crusoe."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thomas Philbrick is professor emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140390087 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140390081 |
| Title | Two Years Before the Mast |
| Author | Richard Henry Dana Jr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1981-12-17 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |