TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dana,Richard Henry
TI  - Two Years Before the Mast
AV  - G 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Seafaring life
KW  - Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Sailors
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Years_Before_the_Mast; There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #2055; See also PG#2055 with Introduction by Homer Eaton Keyes; Release date is 2003-07-01; Gutenberg submission by: David P. Steelman; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana Jr. is a memoir published in 1840, based on his 1834-1836 voyage as a common sailor. Dana sailed from Boston around Cape Horn to Mexican California, trading for cow hides at mission ports along the coast. He vividly recounts shipboard life, witnessing brutal floggings, befriending Hawaiian sailors, and enduring treacherous Antarctic storms on the return journey. The work offers an unflinching look at maritime conditions and sailors' rights while capturing California before its transformation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4277
ER  -