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Two years before the mast [by] R. H. Dana; illustrated by Mahlon Blaine.
- Title
- Two years before the mast [by] R. H. Dana; illustrated by Mahlon Blaine.
- Author
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882
- Publication
- New York, J.H. Sears & company, inc. [c1927]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | KE 25365 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Blaine, Mahlon
- Description
- vi p., 1 ℓ., 418 p. front., plates.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840. While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles which affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour as most of his fellow classmates traditionally did (and unable to afford it anyway) and being something of a non-conformist, left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He returned to Massachusetts two years later aboard the Alert (which left California sooner than the Pilgrim).
- Series Statement
- The father and son library
- Uniform Title
- Father and son library
- Subject
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- LCCN
- ^^^27021923^
- OCLC
- 4790145
- SCSB-10879381
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library