1. Two Years Before the Mast (Unabridged)
Richard Henry Dana called this book a "a voice from the sea". It had an influence on
both Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville, both of whom sang its praises. Dana was a
law student at Harvard College who decided, in 1834, to take a break from his studies
in order to experience the "real world" by signing on as a common sailor for a two
year voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. He kept a journal which he
turned into a book after the voyage. In it he gives a vivid and detailed account of his
fantastic voyage. The book is many things: a history, travelogue, a social
documentary and an adventure story. W. Clark Russell, one of the best writers of
sea-stories in English, called it "the greatest sea-book that was ever written in any
language", and Ralph Waldo Emerson said, it "possesses...the romantic charm of
Robinson Crusoe".
Author: Richard Henry Dana
Publisher: Jimcin Recordings
Reader: Jim Killavey
Audiobook length: 15 hours and 47 min.
Category: Bios & Memoirs > Personal Memoirs | Classics > American Literature | Travel & Adventure > Adventure &
Exploration
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