Two Years Before the Mast (MP3 CD)

Two Years Before the Mast By Richard Henry Dana, Bernard Mayes (Read by) Cover Image

Two Years Before the Mast (MP3 CD)

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Richard Henry Dana referred to this book as "a voice from the sea." Influencing such authors as Conrad and Melville, 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. Dana Point was named as a result of this journey. 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. This is a breathtaking true story of adventure on the high seas.

Product Details ISBN: 9781441745293
ISBN-10: 1441745297
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Publication Date: November 20th, 2010
Language: English