Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
- ISBN-10
- 0895776316
- ISBN-13
- 9780895776310
- Series
- Two Years Before the Mast
- Category
- Horn, Cape (Chile)
- Pages
- 405
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Author
- Richard Henry Dana
Description
This 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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