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Two Years Before the Mast (Harvard Classics, Vol. 23)
Two Years Before the Mast - Harvard Classics, Vol. 23 Author:Richard Henry Dana, Jr. On August 14, 1834, Richard Henry Dana, convalescing from an illness, set off for California from his Boston home--via a sailing ship. Using the journals he kept on the voyage, Dana created a classic re-creation of his experiences, both the highs and the lows, in what has long been considered a definitive look at the seaman's life in the 19th ce... more »ntury.« less