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Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen... read more

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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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This book is in Junior Deluxe Editions. (edition-based publisher list)
This book is in Readers Digest Press. (edition-based publisher list)

Preceded by Roughing It, and followed by South.

This is book 161 of 36 in Library of America. (edition-based publisher list)

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  1. Richard Henry Dana (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper and Brothers
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Publication Date: 1846
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 483

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