Description: "Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana. "A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea." 1840 1st Edition, 2nd Issue (the letter "i" in the word "in" within the top line on the copyright page is lacking the dot, and with broken letter "i" within the running title at the top of page 9); Harper & Brothers ("Harpers' Family Library, No. CVI); New York. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MASTThis is Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s account of his life as a common seaman aboard the brig the Pilgrim which set out from Boston on August 14,1835 destined for California by way of the treacherous Cape Horn. Dana gives an engrossing, detailed account of the workings of the ship, the day-to-day routines of the deck hands, and the brutal shortcomings of inept, tyrannical officers.
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Subject: Literature & Fiction
Topic: Classics
Original/Facsimile: Original
Binding: Hardcover
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Year Printed: 1840
Place of Publication: New York
Author: Richard Henry Dana
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
