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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Penguin Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Richard Henry Dana, Thomas (Editor/Introduction) Philbrick, Contributor-Thomas Philbrick Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1981 ISBN-10: 0-14-039008-1 / 0140390081 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-039008-7 / 9780140390087 In 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class. Dana’s account of his passage around Cape Horn to California, and back, is a remarkable portrait of the seagoing life: the day-to-day routines and co |