Mod Lib Two Years Before The Mast (Modern Library) [Idioma Inglés]: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Modern Library Classics) - Softcover

Dana Jr., Richard Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375757945 ISBN 13: 9780375757945

Verlag: Modern Library, 2001

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Book by Dana Jr Richard Henry

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"Possesses . . . the romantic charm of Robinson Crusoe."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reseña del editor:

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.". NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Modern Library
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375757945
• ISBN 13: 9780375757945
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 544