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Two Years Before the Mast

By: Richard Henry Dana
Narrated by: David McCallion
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Two Years Before the Mast is an American classic published in 1840. This is the account of Richard Henry Dana’s two-year adventure as a sailor. Throughout his time sailing around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim, Dana kept a diary, and on his return to Massachusetts, he wrote this now-loved classic.

While attending Harvard College, Dana was stricken with measles, which would ultimately have a detrimental effect on his eyesight. Instead of going on a Grand Tour of Europe as most young men did in that era, he decided to work as a sailor, believing the open sea would be good for his health. Born in 1815, Richard Henry Dana was an American lawyer and politician who would become best known for being a champion of the common man.

Public Domain (P)2017 A.R.N. Publications Classics Sailing
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Better than Moby Dick but not as good as Robinson Cruso, the other two were fictional and this was more of a memoir of autobiography so it has merit there but overall not as interesting as I would have hoped

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