Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Ebook743 pages12 hours

Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
  • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
  • Biographies of the authors
  • Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
  • Footnotes and endnotes
  • Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
  • Comments by other famous authors
  • Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations
  • Bibliographies for further reading
  • Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.   When doctors told Richard Henry Dana that an ocean voyage might halt his impending blindness, the nineteen-year-old Harvard undergraduate dropped out of school and became an ordinary deckhand on the brig Pilgrim. The perilous journey from Boston, begun in 1834, took the ailing yet determined youth past Cape Horn and around the Americas, concluding in the Mexican territory California.
 
This expedition inspired Two Years before the Mast, a first-hand account of “the life of a common sailor” and a work that combines history, philosophy, and personal experience. Published in 1840, the book convincingly re-creates life at sea—the beauty and adventure but also the cold, danger, and backbreaking labor. Dana’s depiction of the inhuman conditions suffered by seamen at the hands of capricious, brutal, and even mad captains and ship owners was so stark that the book fueled urgent cries for reform. It also was deeply admired by Herman Melville, Dana’s most famous literary confidante.
 
Dana eventually became a lawyer, devoting himself to fighting for the rights of sailors—and slaves—in court. He went on to help form the anti-slavery Free Soil Party, work for the federal government during the Civil War, and serve on the Massachusetts legislature.   Anne Spencer is the author of Alone at Sea: The Adventures of Joshua Slocum and three books of sea stories and folklore for young adults. A documentary maker for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she lives in Toronto.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 1, 2009
ISBN9781411433373
Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Related to Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Related ebooks

Classics For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Two Years Before the Mast (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Richard Henry Dana

    cbook_preview_excerpt.htmlۮ#ױ%+iq]7 Uek~H2'JfRyY,I`Ł}?E_1ƈ9sUKzUd^1"bD'>d|\6œC;'>5姟ݮ܄?y}?a~Y]ci?~.o<Ǿlz-xX<-۲T_w}SoiV׹jmi5]{w_t mNm |~YG^hW}Xf{現zeqU\Oþǩ;guoo|aņ'~yO~|ϧXupۯ`?zT6SЗ'Jd[b ~z,n<1wK>U-Cmhbw_ڥ$,QY^ L gX\ُ7xLSe0!h?tG᪼]!d<.⫾a5?^wqx_ 1E225fZ}=50f;j>oAI5ڛmGWYWԭ4⫦]bu:_fųae?=v*ǮOlWx ZLOn,Sb> b?~pLH폯gg۞*0&uջvLܚ'r6y߽|~0uXwSp ЙpkAgmviv _}S;oiMG4U(ס߽*uowyԩyvrSX>g`>zlo @̱?;6ɋ}7]to+]U}&@+R"q[e+CԀNDG>%;`2԰3.r~֝=<2laǮ-m[׆nU [w'ێ] bmh zo>][~cZ2@(4Z/f?vo{Upn$­ЙKkB>R >-j:w Ǫi, %?6ܯ')?w!4k cznUf+v4~%z?!Q,;ӭCгT5YcǬ5=7ÑXێ@E|mLbqjl}S6e0q#UwMbbmnHutō5Xڥ-rYT݆1^J`[/jڡ5q9^|U)4Ffɤ >|' "}k]R[Sۮ9BTau-V=,/W3ݿѹDl(Ge0ꍹ_nF6y%!2wm_ l5Re R\| ]v%UMù82^WXqAcCo^Ab;gۈ!vn>0kH_iozh?|֩=~C*_CG MruLW2: k[~jͻtMNfb .',n{7y&wAzWX -<,>zŽ߻ {f_ {Wa+m:q]ݿoPpmȎWŋ?߽wQp\%-ίWM9 73?aoDl ^a2WFG :Ɲ~S]#]ph?b풗xfcHZ+ݰ\fj&A'4[~iV<]fޟAbʾMKAS{_2F0m[juk??6 'L=! |EXqNΎQ=peƏM%}0RJk#~tl8gDi*͚=[G_:o0۴] ۞Dy g!e/-vm76Q1}4s͈N'.<ۡu}P-Wu^FP7ANPLA#3۶I0@]BwJj s/`wNH!yD/CCTe8\sb=|s&o`‹4b oM3h=[kF ;x5l$"%R˷`\p2ol(#z_lg)+"r^Y/剹|b=Tu@eTݾ s >{.A9ūն뚏 L`q\ x\4vqt:SuQ +8jwne>]ygȔ+6=7KRr9L/1ǹ(m o܁)JK|ς0KG$a۰iV\{*6Gnd^N)< )/YM*W)Hu*+2xX[s맼,6a|J"hlv - Կ]{ }fv#asiWM]x՘P>|xwM t^S[o lb2 WhֶlL4斔*"+9COLTM {Gxa_PxP=%0'&W4H3[ܐD5Bj'!-b݃ 3 "om8G/IeELGŬYdOMTUAxה) GORѲ/kZމ^.UumGIvq̴ܬWf2GmTЮV6ґ&%=AR*V_M{( MP? k> kmrɀ4],ޗ:4r*dii;AbܐOxP^D{6Ԅ|5.`o| V0N0  77{؛ypP휍S@Ƴ& qx;e/MmoAc@}~2IHއoJ#Dd[b*:j雰f{kkK-8BqfsϦCn+U2× Lv'od @wmyNؑ4}xq[%GJ )w>}o;gٷOcٗǦ&v Gqk޻;LBіPZ>>}Ds>t @úp%3"FGJO_M$%bp#馷Q3^e nsWOmABultj3 R8͎jg~HA^7!oT~ofŌkl+2ZwV&s]Y] [xm[>V.䀍.^hJWSEvkSCf^cCr1GWi0Hp$KǤ568qx֌H=ֆ'$A;7o\y)wo Ͼ똵Y )TkiYD JHl.YōcO/T60az2")Aź$,IHb_SW=W}>ۼud uC_ƌ,)6qW[ JbpSO<%$iMh4޶xcEq*Ly {I>L`^4BSؠpf\2v+qO\ucS %ŊRX^݂"ώ=G8>Fki.}؇1J`u8w-@ZL=6۩N5X;FyGS"Dž#.t-#Hr%uQv]#(g2ھ(aS Ԅ1hlM텁 \bx"6_G~ +IS娕|i"|lY,&ND帎2L&jX&RugFkl" }Qc9,ϞY|EȒOch%>ͤsSDemGvā\s&ztJ,kKE{ϯ}cXNF,#܁mC+ėť3=qy-E5 㮫zt iDk"xD|՗UD:G!$-$å<ˑ)W6:Ѡٲ#%{uUz5oU0e&L2ic&FSqW0$6vߩgM+ w"*%kY #jy4<wvBP+l at/a;~a3=sI{W6lDH>SZ[Fb'D` 1$uu5#TkE7kbҋoi[$qvˤR\'gDnܤDj$ɶC A{3)i<<ۭ{FIb{I{0sGϊQpD[l\۲`X2~GW=Z20 m"ȐxmE3Đ(+ <`e~r"^e8C.ȼe04]e^@rxRƓ-y_g?~;;4?0<1 ,GU%"ݒ~j/9v~̐He"Sdp|hN$?<9@k+'DgzR.DwڮW?NơS ZN-Ɔ@RЕȰ}V׆z Eɐ5 {a`%ctX}=t=f.pO v;!$ϙ@nT 8B {Rpy`3 1F lFg GQ o' V$(Ĭod(:&=xәTQ\uN¬&seZab +l벩َ)e {Ic="DS ?0)GƃҴlFH!}}F0 Yƕ|;C-<< i#VF ׌?# kpZpEǰ$[bӑDe݇6Q#ܘ?+M7g ʩbK01#D^,X à3"Θ1B:f@!!cD=px)(O9}51f'*g`x3%.V0 `6i6R|eL51?@ |Gă00QS &TEi`BP2D28/DKmǍ?aG~y^+9Ұwhx732 03l,qh-AE ڕm$\F15Tm]P00,ú.JƇ2U9c X:`H+,>gQ,'Z%.64"A 0F襩w(RpdE31[v$@kuIb2VP"pV҇*U7yAHߨXb\;(Bx2é mn>I X>ZT W zM4EXъ8Nst2xޮAJj Su񷰛2xv T^/}qkFOևUpx%`eб0&06Yq9B%D/#&;\z>5BdB-ydStҧ)ES.)Wn8pQ<1 o!WX4/$lC|r)Hd Pڛc[|`v!i&@* aqFE"eB|o9lr<(̭ N5߼TJuo{U.9&sAIX?cMPBs$ t[<^R<m %n8F,\ʥ-bƲ׉9[@YSC%Uxqf˜a9M^;/Rh72Jg3ڋƈ[J2ޥNdN9U2R_er PǀUek^4;o2vUދWC`{Err܄zR*eʱ>xe방XG +9a)VR^r^۔]pvMv{ͫxzpHL /peg^ix:'G\BZK jX4<ΠTvQa3O*j [R_\` n6 MxIB:*U^RDۓ:''Bpa^ \ggASWSbFeHw,LJ`D1 0WÃ_-GĤbH4"/II'&g4mG}-['ﮮ.<ʐ-ةµ'.ʵgM@Gݏ[J sc?1J$pe_vB[HX[kPCC7@Wo XJ0 ȴiw#mX]vJ/>òle>Q4 x>F^=t~E`~u1Aah\6N}e'<)uwY5jIzp}gD{[Ьǡ4eyxmw^\sA.c4{͓굕ot<(*&3Uk(#›̂S1˄vnT>R 4jb{ZXA^;[d-b ` ;F>FI\GbFݱRhL$W4& _5(5Nݯ\(<@zd)ҋX7<n% P0b 1SAQ<"j* Fڥ7}5եiJ8x1<Lj҉ޝXq]f\މ)۲F ~.ՠشԪ2|F9fvOJ2|&Z1lav>=JAB&.IL.`xQ^-ὐ0LJ1)ҸUp9L~Hn6n2u rhݑYV΃]+5I裦BO"݄wrJb^;WwZϐ3piXVCjNoZi><^}S`]$dZe|XKS!̌TtNxu)vh A6n%ǡHz9(F0lݘ%S5dP̠N u+TnrVkӍcЄvR C2T% o ՞Ɖyܵ \Mmcڹr]akKJ<`-?x\>UEy:tc_5䐠7wli<8-F\p! Ɏsd wd\*P-EfKU:nf mQ Hh"CT=TyMGj݄%\%4rzJv hњ#3>Ml1*D̬Rn.9@PŬ|JPe>s1i ?{O¼c5&'f5`76%*LvW4Ip[Q&Bm|5߼a|ku5uZOANcԃC~} e?y3RM5OOڛZ/#*YC~dWG\'͟wj혢sި'Yb.[NaswaO{H!c3:nBa'NaN$unVg2: bTęc,C;sIW8U (y'k[1'XjPJmWL}R_KKcs(e6.aƃ7$EDt ,Qd(ӏ!iESbm)$q4Zؑ C}ݻh?c(T2줓2.}Mੈ%Mw5n!ա# ᚔT {b}c$M|-1 Gm8 k6eÇ]ȉ {v YsM TJ! {jɐXyTyJ&s^?.Bۭ ValƇ.SS7oy|@ĐVBe陽>3,DPตE?1Ԙ3-^JE87x3v|xTB,)ߗ^υ^)֊B'_ ov)2ʔՋ3k gK`{ʓ(q2*{d"j^d !xSˋXn [x^Jl1ۼtnF[1"f{1TigJ"`~@D-&1R3WeǾ8jBxC5*I6]#O gUϬTƥ(zNGp1[&"L2FF_S~hZn'*լH7UFX d2x]|ÛorvGu<4\MCJ*5GaA:fNS}Օz;m]"K>igA',ulЧeq]*PÉy0 2۳5NA€4=-1"ᕬ2y>?.U$=N/=(?ъnP/3x乘u!x.f1ךӁAkt$1x41{oRŝ[&8NLuV0ypG:<%tV*ɽtߎ( vPF /Q>تwI:I!?N$̀1 1Qz'w'7^]~FQa۱딠-rhC'T8+DGM.bm.IC{D^aifE076A&Xl.w򴝋1\?Ť"!vިD<~iwE6DYZsz@Tį3i4hl 3nj1~*z΢pX[?wl LcTkBdR-!qS?Fn =vNH} oDSsc!=1 擕a;Sf p`~60aa=TRI@+ra0^=j[y43+@˙꽇w e q:[;$U2e⡟<8f@$C&X4d KNɣʶ6+~0%>t&6uV5؊C8.)}Wdk-C(N*"`c|Θ^V8@="?DRz3?_kT #}1E, jUף> ng <Sdgz&f#D}A8ӊJEj&~=l-!XoAI6p;_GL2mDCAۃgb a;s]P[6Yݽt&EMb+ l̴Pq+-VtwIÇ\ QƔ0ٱydzÖ~HxEӽv*S~{G^iK^3kqtk5F=b&71yuX؋vEk~ڝcZLƬ12!J:y:E^=cŎw\IA+Lf,URa$uw֛3> tj4lS+1nAc(Kt#q5k7ę~'DdkŶ㼜CS|Kg^MM܋3y)k2 BD-=7c0j`A4U22tn#Aj"Љ73w=t>fyP3t]ˉN=OVi^Lj߳.-mqNP)=rd}`CV .s9;zf;.FN  j/3e`寜d=^PbbHx]$̈otc FUsf&Nw$!\ŚnCg贗2:rU1*V?j" %bds LwQs.S Z.Eu\l5.Q*ܖ@PlSʘ7t5N3krWxg.%YFwLONƢвR3E$wĈ3KۗGj~9+vaք[mԣijaLz Ié;)8\[F#&?b ?j3>0|}'wYNηA?Uer VЅ`6c:Yދ-y켏v24ǬXar yV* &1`Gc`t&s"̘xML /<` @.0NMүw#q:$/DAomWjX7K&vGi`Hi:b3<:HFw䤑]@]f`E fdzQ,ewԼ2s >>gXY4dųY8Cn5Pd<`ڦ*̯McF<8hf-=jdKc.rO@R׫ cFjtCUBI23H'f_tA@B)Ť.boV1֐ NDNeb4p#!?UDB3,: Yw2ᔹњyNc'b>u2WHk0n&^貮L-78V {1oVs* @v/Tf<ߖ bRװRX h (gZA84{lR %/2GW+r &иrfh⛗ռy$?iqQl1yNZ,"a6x'b9u͂[Cv2E]MBZ'٪HGkA$b5ߚ"@z0a^`hsq4qp?86V)[X>a@ #6 bK@JY~Ru(c /P}xRDWt$%W L(2 ky / I虦Š胺d;3I'Ukhr9t=że͈TFN{қ*a=gٶD)M,g-D9cPu>O*zO˿cc7Ш (QmBۉ4Jb΄KjftžV;i\"xh}2o]6D!?iPH?LdRYchz陨8okyOTC# I4v xVKa I[u5/3%*} =Uy2"F|ycY(؆^a>afniS1] (zbQn_`̙t>FD%Yv>[0hh,eʹw%;zfՐ$W⢑(.&L8-FG*] [,o5@Mї.'}>t>`,N=OB>zsa@_z+s`)ZPn[K[7E71+~HD ڋ,U௹VG<%Emk(u_0+:}<ĦXA43uNhTzzBxAU>NΧP KL!6\t̤e|V4- waL FvMk:v'nbRiX:vPE?ƐRTlv/jRxpx##nmRW&W)'TC)L)#Шhg5%6!aX}oh:uEvbƉ+L_0.fG>#j~-k\q-xE 4ضбA- 1 28Wj?·Z=zxjd$;f޿B&5gEay#3-IG<5f&cտl [=g|} @6G8[GEP#= 8:07I'Nf,Lj,; csOcN8ZO~`u(=DBO͚yV=<)OO 2QGl/8Pa'Tf?E[S=x A#ɑ^#U %k Zow<_\'Uez5O.?}éup10.vf  iV9x^X5y^3$SL084p( t(}V'R9X7Έ5ﮏ ! 4#Q8"i8(*TJKc"ĝo0xL Ez^Y`MjT@s<d7)ǖ0+>{1}@Jti1fVH%m=⳱!qi)RĎ`.tf'/1udH2 G줱\g/u`@o{hˡT;`g1<_t ĩ֜kO]pF@اhcDOM拒ik=smn׀K9@DԞy" ̌l5.Տ4G"566F;raHU3'DlyA 20qi҆?iMr4-K(\Ɔ߽Aw ^K!cğ{XxB4/57eb@dX,bo8tLdټ3CnDԋ8f2aB&^CэY L$>3Ae i{vCFr>wd Z {viµhM< Dbx{\ۃQ?`qdCl ,޻9-[0(r=g?ƪan7Ieot(ař/cT]yHF^$l:aw"xc{+z:H"̊2%d.C*d8M~tW9(ư>Sץȹ.Xl;dg(_!Y9p’2+{|f_KJ~ΝΪZ` ٪m׮UP0W9NnrQ8Ժǻ ѐa=No.&|R{v2U/q~9; O'Eq(Wűraw3eOH'v𑆦3#˞gf0+h]}*oy癣Yu>n#k.\g'pZvCz9os9R5^> G\50'+\BXf_bW@b򔞲3?~'J5CY$<Ncn)m(Wq2r3Y܊VS:WH?8RBi8rUh92nQB|Yn#06#q0oᕬhĸթi۶ ti澉0#) $[@>O'@q?lxS.!{A}4*և4Ξom=f!):i`fˮO0`xXjC6t>dE?Q Sȥ`DV+- .~A%u)(C)9o B u_0/~7̃pYEx jwuLő+*r6}  wr>nTFhv$ZUJkWij: P/MOGh0f.;O njx80v9c haVGC? J2z"̪{ޑAB14B_d-Ϡ$9UI :}̬H˛A-nCA<^e9%t=Oy?򑂙"M.l)o Q5L{CNJ$EX+L~kAgt[*_ZQKjc$wBdVtHͶ)h<"=&RyNewxH̹NC5%ܠYzDv˱-h[@\i6-U=+t6 IduItXM ASs2'Ua%M|xg6OJQn'3|E7nLS3kP9\ g14YrjR͹LEi:n]L" rTo)8]3ll2Zt.m'Rھ67u椞-2<{|@mL87&,Y;^!Sz'g m$&5NJ*<,U?d nL#@B18srkS=7 V>;GI~(NJ(Ujjjf]?PN 6xxW5qc7NK6?n+9kȔ( E7U=~Z-vًBUzj>yٙp>VQ OJL7/} "'ՠso1벫X~㏖ghVE@RqÊۤuӵ‡|װSAFl#qd RoPi#widq$͗]d3[I >_%+n} ǰ}Xl⨤FK/q %Gxasx&wfYR3mM|;tF;1Þ.[zK$B-ԜG36@P Ec@oFc Å)Ύ14 *46-rDW ] TTeU8IhϐI6cXd>|x~389\gڢ`I^LbֻQId9hy k1SNԙ#2>3gȯ 5ae;r0k3{ǔMP"]һ~^=jS2hbl I??9"e/Y|t a@ s8QtV$_#Nu_bw8k CϬl'MS4$3ˢ'U\Hv٦MPF>~ylXm钂#:E̵XCyi<aZjo,^qi_کez5枑ym,HEV"V?2=GQӹ3Iy>rDWBj[,HCbvBˑǎiJ-+&\,ts8y:U*RGJ-wgvo/2| A v*64YMBAsl}> THg<"1]υ:AѾ/3m>da3fab'e,Q8s;kz&y#Ьq S.M@"vJ]^M2KsCӑ3/yjDyE׬dStnjJGcGՊt~ԋ8I)39֬ wzOl=0܋]!i)&ِGۀy0:;jA] t>_x3+x;vڄykuP"m:#H>Jձi;"_g4$r}L`@DKT238 #'b"b6UV
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1