Two years before the mast / Richard Henry Dana.
TITLE:
Two years before the mast / Richard Henry Dana.
Publication Date:
1965
Publication Information:
New York : Heritage Press,
Physical Description:
346 p.
Summary:
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).
Language:
English
