In this nineteenth-century nautical memoir, a Harvard man sails around
the tip of South America to California—and returns with this classic
tale of adventure. In 1834, nineteen-year-old Richard Henry Dana left
Harvard University to enlist as a deckhand on a brig sailing from
Boston to the California coast. For the next two years, he recorded
the terrifying storms, awe-inspiring beauty, and dreadful hardships of
the journey in a diary he would later expand into this riveting memoir
of “the life of a common sailor at sea as it really is.” Dana
spares no detail in portraying the wretched conditions he endured and
the cruelty of the ship’s captain, but he also paints vivid,
unforgettable pictures of natural wonders such as icebergs and schools
of migrating whales. His descriptions of the missions and presidios of
pre–Gold Rush California captured the imagination of the country
when the book was first published in 1840, and they serve as valuable
historical documentation to this day. An instant classic and
inspiration for contemporaries such as Herman Melville, Two Years
Before the Mast is one of the most remarkable and influential
adventure stories in American literature. This ebook has been
professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all
devices.
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ISBN
9781504025195
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Open Road Media
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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