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Twenty Years Before the Mast (Annotated)
Twenty Years Before the Mast (Annotated)
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Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American writer Richard Henry Dana, Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the same name was released in 1946.
While an undergraduate at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles which affected his vision. Assuming it might help his sight, Dana left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He returned to Massachusetts two years later aboard the Alert (which left California sooner than the Pilgrim).
He kept a diary throughout the voyage, and, after returning, he wrote a recognized American classic, Two Years Before the Mast, published in 1840.
This edition has been formatted for your reader, with an active table of contents. It has also been annotated, with additional information about the work and its author, including an overview, background, information about the journey, publication history, legacy, biographical and bibliographical information.
While an undergraduate at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles which affected his vision. Assuming it might help his sight, Dana left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He returned to Massachusetts two years later aboard the Alert (which left California sooner than the Pilgrim).
He kept a diary throughout the voyage, and, after returning, he wrote a recognized American classic, Two Years Before the Mast, published in 1840.
This edition has been formatted for your reader, with an active table of contents. It has also been annotated, with additional information about the work and its author, including an overview, background, information about the journey, publication history, legacy, biographical and bibliographical information.
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