
Two Years Before the Mast
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David McCallion
Two Years Before the Mast is an American classic published in 1840. This is the account of Richard Henry Dana’s two-year adventure as a sailor. Throughout his time sailing around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim, Dana kept a diary, and on his return to Massachusetts, he wrote this now-loved classic.
While attending Harvard College, Dana was stricken with measles, which would ultimately have a detrimental effect on his eyesight. Instead of going on a Grand Tour of Europe as most young men did in that era, he decided to work as a sailor, believing the open sea would be good for his health. Born in 1815, Richard Henry Dana was an American lawyer and politician who would become best known for being a champion of the common man.
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When they were amongst the sea ice or in the black night of the doldrums I was fully absorbed by Mr. Dana's imagery and prose. When he wrote about ill treatment of sailors or native Hawaiians, I did not detect vapid moralizing even once in in his words. He just dealt with the suffering that he observed.
Mr. McCallion's narration felt spot on to me. I listened to several samples and chose his for what seemed would be a tone that would work for my ear. He was great.
I've bought copies for my children and some friends. Thanks to all who come together to make the sharing of ideas, stories, and lives available to all of us. Thank you.
Amazing book, just the right narrator
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Fantastic first person adventure.
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Brilliant
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and still deserving of study and reflection. The lot of the sailor truly was truly terrible and worth the prize of the book alone was the amazing revelation that in 1896 the Supreme Court of the United States – the 13th amendment abolishing slavery not withstanding – continued to hold the contracts of sailors sacrosanct to the point of involuntary servitude. Dana’s writing His sharp and elegant and although the anecdotes of his seafaring career are not scintillating, The view from his historical window reveals a most interesting and worthwhile panorama.
Not exactly a page turner
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Great story
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Such a history, I never knew. I love to sail, this was a true sailor.
The stories of California as history was most interesting.
Intriguing
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The Post Scriptum of ~1860 describes the contrast of only 24 years later, and the PPS by the authors son, in 1911 elaborates even further.
I could listen all day to the voice of the narrator. Excellent job, thank you só much!
Best regards; from my little sailboat in the Netherlands, under a cold autumn sky.
Yours sincerely,
Rico van Dijk
Sv.Iona
Must read for any sailor and Californians
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Otherwise a thoroughly good narration and a story that remains as interesting now as it was when written about 200 years ago!
About the narration
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Racist and dated and delightful
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Sheer Boredom
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