Two Years Before the Mast

Name: Two Years Before the Mast
Author: Richard Henry Dana

by Richard Henry Dana

Joshua Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World" and Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast" are the yin and yang of classic books about the sea.

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Nathaniel Philbrick

"Joshua Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World" and Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast" are the yin and yang of classic books about the sea."

By the Book: Nathaniel Philbrick · nytimes.com