Reddit reviews Two Years Before the Mast (Signet Classics)
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Two Years Before the Mast
Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail, including an intriguing portrait of California before the gold rush. As D. H. Lawrence proclaimed, "Dana's small book is a very great book."
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If you want to check out Richard Henry Dana's story:
https://www.amazon.com/Years-Before-Mast-Signet-Classics/dp/0451531256
That's great - glad you had a good time
If you or your buddies are book types, I would suggest you introduce them to a couple of books
The first "Two Years Before The Mast" - by Richard Henry Dana - there is a passage in that book that ends with an eloquent statement about sails and sailing...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tallships/comments/9kacom/star_of_india_all_sails_set_sept_30_2018_we_sail/
It's about the sails ... ``How quietly they do their work!''
The scene - 1834 - Student at Harvard basically says: Screw this college stuff, I'm going to be a sailor - he walks down to the ship yards and signs a 2 year contract, sails around the horn visits southern California, and returns to Boston. Along the way, he keeps a journal and it becomes a master piece.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Years_Before_the_Mast
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Years-Before-Mast-Signet-Classics/dp/0451531256
Book #2 - Is about an old captain - his life story before the book is amazing by it self
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sailing-Alone-Around-Joshua-Slocum/dp/0486203263
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This is one of my favorite periods. Read the following:
Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West by Dale Morgan
The Course of Empire by Bernard DeVoto
Across the Wide Missouri by Bernard DeVoto
1846 the Year of Decision by Bernard DeVoto
The above are all great books written in the early 20th Century
Three source material must-reads are
The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
I can't remember any contemporary books that stand out right now but I'll look through my books at home.
You're exactly right but you say that like it's a path to enlightenment, and not a peer reviewed journal. if you want to check out Richard Henry Dana's story:. https://www.amazon.com/Years-Before-Mast-Signet-Classics/dp/0451531256.