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In 1869 the late Richard Henry Dana, Jr., prepared a new edition of
his "Two Years Before the Mast''. In presenting the first 'author's
edition' to the public, he has been encouraged to add an account of
a visit to the old scenes, made twenty-four years after, together
with notices of the subsequent story and fate of the vessels, and
of some of the persons with whom the reader is made acquainted. The
popularity of this book has been so great and continued that it is
now proposed to make an illustrated edition with new material.
An unparalleled account of merchant men at sea in the early 19th
century
This is a well known book with a familiar title. Its contents are
probably less known to many. It is the account of one young man's
experiences serving on board a sailing brig-the Penelope-bound for
California, between the years1834-36.What makes it exceptional is
not that it is the literary effort of a common seamen of the
time-though they are rare enough-but that it is quite the opposite.
Dana came from a well-established middle class American family
whose patriarchs had practised law since early colonial days. Dana
too was highly educated and destined-if by tradition rather than
temperament-for the same path. Sickness struck him down while a
Harvard student and a 'kill or cure' experience was deemed to be
his only chance of salvation. So it was that an articulate and
literate man was able to leave posterity an account of the life of
ordinary seamen in the great days of sail that has few peers. A
classic book for all those fascinated by the sea and seamanship in
days gone by.
A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years
Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s classic travel narrative,
which inspired canonical works such as Moby Dick and Sailing Alone
Around the World. As Rod Scher follows Dana (the Harvard
dropout-turned-sailor) on his voyages around North America, he
annotates Dana’s tale with critiques, compliments, tie-ins to
today, and little-known facts about both the book and the milieu of
Dana’s time.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
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