[PDF.12xx] Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Penguin Classics)

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Penguin Classics)

[PDF.ei23] Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Penguin Classics)

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 | #375232 in Books |  1981-12-17 |  1981-12-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.70 x1.20 x5.10l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 576 pages

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||19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.| A Master Work!|By Capricorn One|I can see why this book is ranked among the Classics, and it is certainly a classic work in American Literature. Richard Henry Dana, a Harvard student from a well-to-do family, suffering from health issues due to the stress of academic life, makes a health-motivated decision to sign on as a regular seaman on an American merchant sailing vessel| |"Possesses . . . the romantic charm of Robinson Crusoe."|--Ralph Waldo Emerson|From the Inside Flap|Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast i

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. <...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Penguin Classics)   |  Richard Henry Dana Jr.. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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