{"product_id":"9780786142385","title":"Two Years Before the Mast","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Henry Dana referred to this book as \"a voice from the sea.\" It is a book that influenced Conrad and Melville, and it has become a maritime classic that has inflicted legions of men with a passion for the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brig \u003ci\u003ePilgrim\u003c\/i\u003e for a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. (Hence Dana Point was named). Drawing from his journals, \u003ci\u003eTwo Years Before the Mast\u003c\/i\u003e gives a vivid and detailed account-shrewdly observed and beautifully described-of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and of a way of life virtually unknown at that time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095390503152,"sku":"9780786142385","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786142385_p0.jpg?v=1763726377","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786142385","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}