# Two Years Before the Mast

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- Book: [Two Years Before the Mast](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-henry-dana-jr/two-years-before-the-mast) ([Two Years Before the Mast.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-henry-dana-jr/two-years-before-the-mast.md))
- Authors: [Richard Henry Dana, Jr.](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-henry-dana-jr), [Gary Kinder](https://www.bookquiver.com/gary-kinder), [John Seelye](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-seelye), [Wes Davis](https://www.bookquiver.com/wes-davis), [Thomas Philbrick](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-philbrick)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4039-008-7
- Pages: 576
- Published: 1981-12-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class. Dana’s account of his passage around Cape...