Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea /
Two years before the mast were but an episode in the life of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.; yet the narrative in which he details the experiences of that period is, perhaps, his chief claim to a wide remembrance. His services in other than literary fields occupied the greater part of his life, but they br...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Floating Press,
©2008
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| Summary: | Two years before the mast were but an episode in the life of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.; yet the narrative in which he details the experiences of that period is, perhaps, his chief claim to a wide remembrance. His services in other than literary fields occupied the greater part of his life, but they brought him comparatively small recognition and many disappointments. His happiest associations were literary, his pleasantest acquaintanceships those which arose through his fame as the author of one book. The story of his life is one of honest and competent effort, of sincere purpose, of many thwar |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (688 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1877527289 9781877527289 |