Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea / by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ; edited with an introduction by Thomas Philbrick.
"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. As Thomas Philbrick discusses in his introduction, the public's sympathy for the plight of mariners, which was aroused by the book, eventually faded, but Two Years Before the Mast forever changed readers' romanticized perceptions of life at sea and inaugurated a lasting tradition of realism and concern for human values." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0140390081
- ISBN: 9780140390087
- Physical Description: 572 pages ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1981.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Twenty-four years after" included as appendix.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Bibliography: pages 31-32.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Two Years Before the Mast 35 -- Appendix A "Twenty-Four Years After" 497 -- Notes for "Twenty-Four Years After" 535.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1290L Lexile
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Spindale Public Library | 910.4 Dan (Text) | 30134100158204 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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