Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana || Full Audiobook

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The book was praised for its realistic account of life as a sailor and is consider an American classic. Even Moby Dick’s author, Herman Melville, (Moby Dick audiobook also here on Great Books on Tape) praised Two Years Before the Mast. So set sail with seaman Dana and enjoy the voyage. Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815 - 1882) During his early schooling, Richard was taught by a cruel teacher who liked to flog children and pull ears so hard that once he tore part of Richard’s ear off. By age 10, Richard was transferred to a school run by Ralph Waldo Emerson who was a friendly non-violent instructor. At age 20, young Mr. Dana took a break from Harvard college and became a sailor on the two masted merchant sailing brig named Pilgrim. The ship left Boston Massachusetts in August of 1834 rounded Southern America’s southern most tip, Cape Horn (no Panama Canal yet), and arrived at Santa Barbara California in January in 1835. One interesting note is that they stopped at Juan Fernandez Island in the Pacific. It is now also known as Robinson Crusoe Island. If you haven’t read Robinson Crusoe, it is excellent. Anyway, Mr. Dana returned aboard the Alert. He resumed his education and became a lawyer often defending sailors and later fugitive slaves.
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