Two Years Before the Mast

The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XXIII (in 51 Volumes)

Autor: Jr Richard Henry Dana

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Cosimo Classics

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Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-vol...

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Autor

Jr Richard Henry Dana

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2010

Stránek

430

EAN

9781616401498

ISBN

9781616401498

Enbook ID

08806836

Vydavatel

Cosimo Classics

Hmotnost

582

Rozměry

141 x 216 x 28

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Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXIII features the classic memoir of life on the high seas, Two Years Before the Mast, by American lawyer and activist RICHARD HENRY DANA JR. (1815-1882). No adventure tale, this is an expose of how poorly enlisted sailors were treated, which Dana learned firsthand on a two-year 1830s voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. First published in 1846, this volume also includes an appendix to the 1869 edition, "Twenty-Four Years After," in which Dana returns to California. Indeed, this work is important not only for its treatment of naval life but for its rare depiction of early California, both before and after the Gold Rush.

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