Two Years Before the Mast (book)

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"Two Years Before the Mast" is a classic 1840 memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr. recounting his harrowing experiences as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn, noted for its vivid portrayal of 19th-century maritime life and seafaring hardships.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
adaptationType film ⓘ
author Richard Henry Dana Jr. ⓘ
basedOn Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s real-life sea voyage ⓘ
circulation widely read in the 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes California hide trade ⓘ
life of common sailors in the 19th century ⓘ
voyage around Cape Horn ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector John Farrow ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1946 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1840 ⓘ
genre memoir ⓘ
nautical literature ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasAdaptation Two Years Before the Mast (1946 film) ⓘ
hasCharacter Richard Henry Dana Jr. (narrator) ⓘ
hasEdition annotated editions ⓘ
scholarly editions ⓘ
hasInfluenced later sea narratives and maritime fiction ⓘ
includedIn American literary canon ⓘ
linked to: American literature
influenced maritime reform movements ⓘ
inLibraryOfCongressClassification PS1292 .A1 ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme hardships of seafaring life ⓘ
maritime labor and discipline ⓘ
social conditions of common sailors ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor detailed account of sailor working conditions ⓘ
influence on public perception of sailors ⓘ
vivid portrayal of 19th-century maritime life ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationYear 1840 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Brothers ⓘ
setting California coast ⓘ
Cape Horn ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
subject Cape Horn passage ⓘ
linked to: Cape Horn

hide and tallow trade ⓘ
merchant sailing ships ⓘ
sailor discipline and flogging ⓘ
social hierarchy aboard ship ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
timePeriod 1830s ⓘ
usedAs historical source on 19th-century seafaring ⓘ
historical source on early California ⓘ

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Two Years Before the Mast (film) → hasAdaptationSource → Two Years Before the Mast (book) ⓘ
Dana Point, California → bookMention → Two Years Before the Mast ⓘ
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Dana Point, California → describedIn → Two Years Before the Mast ⓘ
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Harvard Classics → hasPart → Volume 23: Two Years Before the Mast by Dana ⓘ
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. → notableWork → Two Years Before the Mast ⓘ
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. → knownFor → Two Years Before the Mast ⓘ
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. → wrote → Two Years Before the Mast ⓘ
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