Two Years Before the Mast
eBook - ePub

Two Years Before the Mast

  1. 395 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Two Years Before the Mast

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Departure
  6. First Impressions–“Sail Ho!”
  7. Ship’s Duties–tropics
  8. A Rogue–trouble On Board–“Land Ho!”–Pompero–Cape Horn
  9. Cape Horn–A Visit
  10. Loss of a Man–Superstition
  11. Juan Fernandez–The Pacific
  12. “Tarring Down”–Daily Life–“Going Aft”–California
  13. California–A South-Easter
  14. A South-Easter–Passage Up the Coast
  15. Passage Up the Coast–Monterey
  16. Life At Monterey
  17. Trading–A British Sailor
  18. Santa Barbara–Hide-Droghing–Harbor Duties–Discontent–San Pedro
  19. A Flogging–A Night On Shore–The State of Things On Board–San Diego
  20. Liberty-Day On Shore
  21. San Diego–A Desertion–San Pedro Again–Beating the Coast
  22. Easter Sunday–“Sail Ho!”–Whales–San Juan–Romance of Hide-Droghing–San Diego Again
  23. The Sandwich Islanders–Hide-Curing–Wood-Cutting–Rattle-Snakes–New-Comers
  24. Leisure–News From Home–“Burning the Water”
  25. California and Its Inhabitants
  26. Life On Shore–The Alert
  27. New Ship and Shipmates–My Watchmate
  28. San Diego Again–A Descent–Hurried Departure–A New Shipmate
  29. Rumors of War–A Spouter–Slipping For a South-Easter–A Gale
  30. San Francisco–Monterey
  31. The Sunday Wash-Up–On Shore–A Set-To–A Grandee–“Sail Ho!”–A Fandango
  32. An Old Friend–A Victim–California Rangers–News From Home–Last Looks
  33. Loading For Home–A Surprise–Last of An Old Friend–The Last Hide–A Hard Case–Up Anchor, For Home!–Homeward Bound
  34. Beginning the Long Return Voyage–A Scare
  35. Bad Prospects–First Touch of Cape Horn–Icebergs–Temperance Ships–Lying-Up–Ice–Difficulty On Board–Change of Course–Straits of Magellan
  36. Ice Again–A Beautiful Afternoon–Cape Horn–“Land Ho!”–Heading For Home
  37. Cracking On–Progress Homeward–A Pleasant Sunday–A Fine Sight–By-Play
  38. Narrow Escapes–The Equator–Tropical Squalls–A Thunder Storm
  39. A Double-Reef-Top-Sail Breeze–Scurvy–A Friend in Need–Preparing For Port–The Gulf Stream
  40. Soundings–Sights From Home–Boston Harbor–Leaving the Ship
  41. Concluding Chapter
  42. Twenty-Four Years After