The Annotated Two Years Before the Mast

Overview

A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s classic travel narrative, which inspired canonical works such as Moby Dick and Sailing Alone Around the World. As Rod Scher follows Dana (the Harvard dropout-turned-sailor) on his voyages around North America, he annotates Dana’s tale with critiques, tie-ins to today, and little-known facts about both the book and the milieu of Dana’s time.

Details

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published

2013-11-07

Pages

408

Language

EN

Categories

Biography & Autobiography / Historical, History / Maritime History & Piracy, Literary Collections / Diaries & Journals, History / North America

ISBN-13

9781574093193