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A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years
Before the Mast is Richard Henry Danaâs 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 Danaâs tale with critiques, compliments, tie-ins to
today, and little-known facts about both the book and the milieu of
Danaâs time.
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.
Richard Henry Dana dropped out of school and became an ordinary
deckhand on the brig Pilgrim. The perilous journey from Boston,
begun in 1834, took the ailing yet determined youth past Cape Horn
and around the Americas, concluding in the Mexican territory
California. This expedition inspired Two Years before the Mast, a
first-hand account of "the life of a common sailor" a work that
combines history, philosophy, and personal experience.
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