{"product_id":"two-years-before-the-mast","title":"Two Years Before the Mast","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo Years Before the Mast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr. written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles, which affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour as most of his fellow classmates traditionally did (and unable to afford it anyway) and being something of a non-conformist, left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He returned to Massachusetts two years later aboard the Alert (which left California sooner than the Pilgrim).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe kept a diary throughout the voyage, and after returning he wrote a recognized American classic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo Years Before the Mast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, published in 1840, the same year of his admission to the bar.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Richard Henry Dana Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429779194016,"sku":"1650000010834","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/IMG_5784.heic?v=1698335369","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/two-years-before-the-mast","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}