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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Two Years Before the Mast – Dana

We have previously touched on several aspects of the literary classic Two Years Before the Mast by Dana.  Today we will discuss the ship on which this story takes place.  As mentioned before, this was indeed a real ship.  The Pilgrim … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Two Years Before the Mast – Richard Henry Dana, Jr. 

Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s memoir of a two year sea voyage from Boston to California in 1834.  It was published in 1840.  The book was purposefully and deliberately written in sympathy for the treatment of the … Continue reading

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