Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Barnes & Noble Classics)
معرفی کتاب «Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Barnes & Noble Classics)» نوشتهٔ Dana, Richard Henry; Spencer, Anne، منتشرشده توسط نشر Barnes & Noble Classics در سال 2007. این کتاب در فرمت epub، زبان انگلیسی ارائه شده است.
two Years Before The Mast, By richard Henry Dana, Is Part Of The barnes & Noble Classics Series, Which Offers Quality Editions At Affordable Prices To The Student And The General Reader, Including New Scholarship, Thoughtful Design, And Pages Of Carefully Crafted Extras. Here Are Some Of The Remarkable Features Of barnes & Noble Classics:
when Doctors Told richard Henry Dana That An Ocean Voyage Might Halt His Impending Blindness, The Nineteen-year-old Harvard Undergraduate Dropped Out Of School And Became An Ordinary Deckhand On The Brig pilgrim. The Perilous Journey From Boston, Begun In 1834, Took The Ailing Yet Determined Youth Past Cape Horn And Around The Americas,concluding In The Mexican Territory California.
this Expedition Inspired two Years Before The Mast, A First-hand Account Of The Life Of A Common Sailor And A Work That Combines History, Philosophy, And Personal Experience. Published In 1840, The Book Convincingly Re-creates Life At Sea The Beauty And Adventure But Also The Cold, Danger, And Backbreaking Labor. Dana S Depiction Of The Inhuman Conditions Suffered By Seamen At The Hands Of Capricious, Brutal, And Even Mad Captains And Ship Owners Was So Stark That The Book Fueled Urgent Cries For Reform. It Also Was Deeply Admired By Herman Melville, Dana S Most Famous Literary Confidante.
dana Eventually Became A Lawyer, Devoting Himself To Fighting For The Rights Of Sailors And Slaves In Court. He Went On To Help Form The Anti-slavery Free Soil Party, Work For The Federal Government During The Civil War, And Serve On The Massachusetts Legislature.
anne Spencer Is The Author Of alone At Sea: The Adventures Of Joshua Slocum And Three Books Of Sea Stories And Folklore For Young Adults. A Documentary Maker For The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, She Lives In Toronto.
SUMMARY: Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. When doctors told Richard Henry Dana that an ocean voyage might halt his impending blindness, the nineteen-year-old Harvard undergraduate dropped out of school and became an ordinary deckhand on the brig Pilgrim. The perilous journey from Boston, begun in 1834, took the ailing yet determined youth past Cape Horn and around the Americas, concluding in the Mexican territory California. This expedition inspired Two Years before the Mast, a first-hand account of “the life of a common sailor” and a work that combines history, philosophy, and personal experience. Published in 1840, the book convincingly re-creates life at sea—the beauty and adventure but also the cold, danger, and backbreaking labor. Dana’s depiction of the inhuman conditions suffered by seamen at the hands of capricious, brutal, and even mad captains and ship owners was so stark that the book fueled urgent cries for reform. It also was deeply admired by Herman Melville, Dana’s most famous literary confidante. Dana eventually became a lawyer, devoting himself to fighting for the rights of sailors—and slaves—in court. He went on to help form the anti-slavery Free Soil Party, work for the federal government during the Civil War, and serve on the Massachusetts legislature. Anne Spencer is the author of Alone at Sea: The Adventures of Joshua Slocum and three books of sea stories and folklore for young adults. A documentary maker for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she lives in Toronto. *Two Years before the Mast* is 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 fields other than literary occupied the greater part of his life. Dana was a well known and respected lawyer, a stalwart abolitionist, and an advocate for the rights of common sailors. He and his wife, Sarah, had many friends among New England's cultural elite, including Henry Wadsworth and Fanny (Appleton) Longfellow and the artist Washington Allston and his wife, Martha Remington (Dana), who was Richard's aunt. *Two Years before the Mast* appeared in 1840, while its author was still a law student. Though at the time it created no great stir in the United States, it was most favorably received in England, where it paved the way for many pleasant and valuable acquaintances. The following year, Dana produced *The Seaman's Friend*, a treatise on practical seamanship. Later, he wrote a a short account of an 1859 trip to Cuba in 1859. He was a copious letter-writer and kept journals of his travels and every day life. Yet, long before his death, he had seen the narrative of his sailor days recognized as an American classic. Time has not diminished its reputation. We read it today not merely for its simple, unpretentious style, but for its clear picture of a life at sea previous to the era of steam navigation and for its graphic description of conditions in California before visions of gold sent the long lines of "prairie schooners" drifting across the plains to unfold the hidden destiny of the West.