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Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast
Author: Richard Henry Dana
As a classic of the sea, "Two Years before the Mast" can be challenged only by Melville's "Moby Dick". Melville was himself the first to acknowledge the influence of his "sea-brother" and his superiority in factual description of the real life of a seaman under sail and before the mast. It was Dana who suggested that Melville should write "Moby ...  more »
ISBN: 132777
Publication Date: 1965
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Airmont
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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As a wanna be sailor, I was fascinated by the detail of this book. I cannot ever imagine myself in that situation and know that I would not be able to tolerate it. Our 21st century sensibilities cannot even fathom the hardship that was endured on the voyage. Months without washing my hair? Horrors! I was glad to have the graphics of the boats in the back even though they were a little hard to read. I also had to get out a map of California to see the coastal areas he was referring to.

Just sbsolutely fascinating.
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A powerful story of sailing's joys and hardships in the early 1800s.
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Printed in 1944.
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Note: This edition is abridged.

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