Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

General Fiction Large Print Edition After a bout with measles, Richard Henry Dana decided to break the tedium of his convalescence with a sea voyage not as a passenger, but as a sailor. On August 14, 1834, the Pilgrim set off from Boston bound for the coast of California. Here is the result a book [...]
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General Fiction Large Print Edition After a bout with measles, Richard Henry Dana decided to break the tedium of his convalescence with a sea voyage not as a passenger, but as a sailor. On August 14, 1834, the Pilgrim set off from Boston bound for the coast of California. Here is the result a book recognized in the U.S. and England as the most vivid and accurate depiction of sea life at that time. It tells of routine on board the old sailing ships, and presents a pictorial essay of California in the days before the gold rush. Two Years Before the Mast is the voice of the ordinary seaman from one who was there.