Two Years Before the Mast Audiobook Libro.fm

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Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana Jrs captivating account of life as a common sailor on board a merchant ship in the early 1830s Initially an attempt to remedy the authors eye fatigue the twoyear voyage from Boston to California had a transformative effect on Dana whose diary gives a fascinating snapshot of preGold Rush California Dana captures the cruel conditions on board ship the injustices of merchant seamen at the hands of brutally unforgiving captains and the treacherous icy weather at Cape Horn He portrays a rich cast of characters human and nonhuman including the people of Mexican California from whose ranches Dana would load and ship cowhides then the most active trade along the California Coast An iconic maritime memoir said to have influenced Herman Melville Two Years Before the Mast remains one of Americas greatest and most vivid seafaring tales This recording includes TwentyFour Years After Danas nostalgic reflection on his famous adventure