Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea, 1840.

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Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea, 1840.

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Original manuscript of Dana's book of the same title, first published in 1840. The work describes seafaring life on his ocean voyages to and from the coast of California between 1834 and 1836 on the brig Pilgrim and the ship Alert, fur-trading vessels.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Pilgrim (Ship : 1778-1780)

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Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882

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Lawyer and author. From the description of Richard Henry Dana correspondence, 1843-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449368 Author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana was the privileged son of an aristocratic Massachusetts family. Taking time from Harvard because of medical problems, he went to sea, where his experiences as a sailor inspired him to write Two Years Before the Mast. A sea story that was part memoir and part social commentary, the novel proved to be popular with...

Alert (Ship)

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