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*Two Years before the Mast* is 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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Richard Henry Dana
- First published
- 1840
- Pages
- 383
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Doubleday & Company, Macmillan
- Editions
- 369
- Language
- Spanish, English, French
- ISBN
- 9798743462421
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“THE 14th of August was the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim, on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America.”
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