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Two Years before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s memoir of a Harvard undergraduate becoming a sailor while collecting hides up and down the California coast and returning home in the treacherous dead of winter, richer for the experience.

Richard Henry Dana, Jr., signs up for a 2-3 year voyage aboard the commercial brig Pilgrim, hoping to cure his eyes, which have been weakened by reading books as a Harvard undergraduate. He goes aboard trying to look like a seasoned sailor, but writing afterward, he realizes that being a good sailor comes only with real experience. Dana's initiation comes by learning to climb the rigging while suffering seasickness. After three days he is ready to join in the monotonous routine of maintaining the ship and altering sails to fit weather conditions. After crossing the equator, Dana feels himself a true "son of Neptune," and while doubling Cape Horn, amidst... View more of the Two Years Before the Mast Summary

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Two Years before the Mast

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Two Years before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Burn into an illustrious and prosperous family, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. resisted an inclination to join the navy and instead entered Harvard Col... Read more

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INTRODUCTION In 1869, my father, the late Richard Henry Dana, Jr., prepared a new edition of his ``Two Years Before the Mast’’ with this preface: ``After twenty-eight years, the copy... Read more

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Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

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American author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882), wrote one of the most persistently popular nonfiction narratives in American letters, Two Years before the Mast. He was also an adviser ... Read more

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

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Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1 August 1815-6 January 1882), author and lawyer, was the son of Richard Henry Dana, Sr., a minor poet and founder of the North American Review. Dana received his elementary e... Read more

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In 1834 a well-bred Harvard undergraduate from one of New England's most prominent literary families decided to leave that hallowed college for an extended voyage as a common sailor on a merchantman b... Read more

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The enduring critical reputation of Richard Henry Dana Jr. derives largely from his popular memoir Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (1840), a work addressing what Edgar A... Read more

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History 140 Midterm Richard Henry Dana came from a prominent Brahmin family. He attended Harvard college but was forced to drop out his junior year due to a measles attack whic... Read more

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