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Author |
: Richard Henry Dana |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 406 |
Release |
: 2013-11-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781574093193 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1574093193 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Annotated Two Years Before the Mast by : Richard Henry Dana
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.
Author |
: Richard Henry Dana, Jr. |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 394 |
Release |
: 2011-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1466257482 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781466257481 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Two Years Before the Mast (Annotated) by : Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Two years before the mast were but an episode in the life of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.; yet the narrative in which he details the experiences of that period is, perhaps, his chief claim to a wide remembrance. His services in other than literary fields occupied the greater part of his life, but they brought him comparatively small recognition and many disappointments. His happiest associations were literary, his pleasantest acquaintanceships those which arose through his fame as the author of one book. The story of his life is one of honest and competent effort, of sincere purpose, of many thwarted hopes. The traditions of his family forced him into a profession for which he was intellectually but not temperamentally fitted: he should have been a scholar, teacher, and author; instead he became a lawyer.
Author |
: Richard Henry Dana |
Publisher |
: Important Books |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 2013-07-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 808783044X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788087830444 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Two Years Before the Mast (Complete and Annotated) by : Richard Henry Dana
Author |
: Richard Henry Richard Henry Dana Jr. |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 104 |
Release |
: 2021-04-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798743462421 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Two Years Before the Mast by : Richard Henry Richard Henry Dana Jr.
In Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., presents a narrative of his two years as a sailor aboard the Pilgrim, trading on the coast of California. He describes the sailor's life in the early days of shipping, as well as life in California before the gold rush. His eyesight impaired by measles, Dana left Harvard University to take a voyage during his convalescence--but as a sailor rather than passenger. Upon his return, he published his narrative of that sea journey. The book consists of thirty-seven chapters, most of them subdivided into journal entries written on particular days of interest. The concluding chapter, written some time later, suggests reforms to remedy the injustices of sailors' lives.Dana begins on the day of sailing, August 14, 1834, on the brig Pilgrim. The ship was bound for the West Coast of North America from Boston. His first impression of the ship was negative. The captain described himself to the crew as "clever," but "a bloody rascal" when crossed. The narrative follows the daily life and hardships of the sailors on the journey around Cape Horn. Dana describes memorable experiences such as the sighting of albatrosses, dolphins, and whales. He also shares much technical knowledge about the ship itself. Arriving at the California coast, the vessel anchored in the bay of Santa Barbara. Dana describes the coast of California and its inhabitants. The brig engaged in trading, traveling up the coast to Monterey and back down to San Pedro and San Diego.
Author |
: Jeannette Leonard Gilder |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 614 |
Release |
: 1899 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:32000000676876 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Critic by : Jeannette Leonard Gilder
Author |
: Rod Scher |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2024-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781493081363 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1493081365 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ship of Lost Souls by : Rod Scher
Of all the stories of ships lost in what has come to be called the “Graveyard of the Pacific,” that of the steamship Valencia is among the saddest. In January 1906, the Valencia set out from San Francisco, bound for Seattle with 108 passengers and some sixty-five crew members aboard. Owing to bad weather and the captain’s mistakes, the ship struck a reef eleven miles off Cape Beale on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island. Rocks gashed open the ship’s hull, and a series of further missteps soon compounded the tragedy a hundredfold. Only thirty-seven people survived, largely because of a lack of lifesaving infrastructure in the rugged area where the Valencia ran aground. The wreck of the Valencia was an especially tragic one. To begin with, most on board perished, including every woman and child, many of whom had been lashed to the rigging high above the deck in an attempt to save them from the crashing waves. Additionally, the wreck itself was almost certainly avoidable, due almost entirely to navigational errors the captain made. Finally, rescue efforts—such as they were—were hampered by not just the sea and weather but by the mistakes (and some say the cowardice) of the would-be rescuers. This book pieces together the story of the Valencia and her tragic end, weaving together not just the threads of the ill-fated voyage itself but also relevant contextual history, including the development of radio technologies and lifesaving equipment and services that simply came too late to help the doomed voyagers.
Author |
: Alexander Nehamas |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 306 |
Release |
: 2016-05-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780465082926 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0465082920 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Friendship by : Alexander Nehamas
Offers a philosophical account of the phenomenon of friendship, looking at its value in living a good life, some of the potential pitfalls and moral difficulties associated with it, and how our friends profoundly affect who we are.
Author |
: Thomas N. Layton |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0804746915 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780804746915 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gifts from the Celestial Kingdom by : Thomas N. Layton
In 1850 a sailing vessel was wrecked on the California coast with a rich cargo of Chinese goods bound for the Gold Rush. This book uses the fate of the vessel for a dual purpose: to tell the story of the beginnings of direct commerce between China and California and to explore the potential of contextual archaeology by tracing the cargo back to its origins in China.
Author |
: Harvard University. Library |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 438 |
Release |
: 1953 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015027582629 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Harvard Library Bulletin by : Harvard University. Library
Author |
: Jack London |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 436 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0192838253 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780192838254 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sea-wolf by : Jack London
Humphrey Van Weyden, rescued by the crew of the Ghost, becomes an unwilling sailor under the command of Wolf Larsen.