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"In 1834, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., went from Harvard student to common seaman, sailing from California to Cape Horn. This journal survives as one of the most vivid accounts of the relationship between man and sea---and still rings true as a portrayal of man's endurance."@en
"Richard Henry Dana referred to this book as ?a voice from the sea.? It is a book which influenced Conrad and Melville, and it has become a maritime classic which has inflicted legions of men with a passion for the sea. Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brig Pilgrim for a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. (Hence Dana Point was named). Drawing from his journals, Two Years Before the Mast 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."@en
"In 1834, Richard Henry Dana abandoned his Harvard ambitions to become an ordinary seaman. Here, he chronicles his harrowing voyage from California to Cape Horn and reveals the unique bond humans share with the sea."@en
"After leaving college, the author embarks as a seaman aboard the brig, Pilgrim, on a journey around Cape Horn."@en
"Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brig Pilgrim for a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. (Hence Dana Point was named). Drawing from his journals, Two Years Before the Mast 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."@en
"In 1834, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., went from Harvard student to common seaman, sailing from California to Cape Horn. This journal survives as one of the most vivid accounts of the relationship between man and sea--and still rings true as a portrayal of man's endurance."
"The true story of a Harvard student who forsook his studies for two years of the grueling life of an ordinary seaman."
"Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840.While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles that affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour as most of his fellow classmates traditionally did (and unable to afford it anyway), and being something of a nonconformist, 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 book based on his experiences. Recognized as an American classic, Two Years Before the Mast was published the same year that Dana was admitted to the bar."@en
"The hard and brutal life of a seaman is described in this author's journal written in 1840."
"A personal narrative of life aboard an American merchant ship in the 1830s."
"" ... a vivid and detailed account ... of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and a way of life virtually unknown at that time."--Container."@en
"Tracing an ... oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, [this book] is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. [The author] is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with ... descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail, including an intriguing portrait of California before the gold rush.-Back cover."@en
"" ... a vivid and detailed account ... of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and a way of life virtually unknown at that time.""@en
"The classic story of Dana's adventures as an ordinary seaman aboard the ship Pilgrim on its voyage around the Horn to California in 1834."@en
"Richard 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. Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brig Pilgrim for a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. (Hence Dana Point was named). Drawing from his journals, Two Years Before the Mast 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."@en

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"Two years before the mast a personal narrative of life at sea"
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