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Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Author
(1815 - 1882)
Richard Henry Dana Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of an eminent colonial family who gained renown as the author of the American classic, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast.
Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves.
Bibliography
Two Years Before the Mast (1840)
His studies at Harvard interrupted by vision problems, the author embarked as a merchant seaman aboard the brig Pilgrim in 1834 on a voyage to Alta California, still under Mexican rule. After helping to cure and load a cargo of cow hides, he was tran... View More
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Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
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Two Years Before the Mast (1904)
The author shipped before the mast on a voyage to California in 1834 to collect a cargo of hides.
Author(s):
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Two Years Before the Mast (1911)
His studies at Harvard interrupted by vision problems, the author embarked as a merchant seaman aboard the brig Pilgrim in 1834 on a voyage to Alta California, still under Mexican rule. After helping to cure and load a cargo of cow hides he was trans... View More
Author(s):
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith