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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Signet Classics April 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0451531256 ISBN 13: 9780451531254
Anbieter: Eagle Eye Books, Decatur, GA, USA
Trade. Zustand: Used.
Zustand: Good. Reprint. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Zustand: New.
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 18,85
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 432 pages. 7.00x4.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: SIGNET CLASSICS, London England, 1966
ISBN 10: 0451531256 ISBN 13: 9780451531254
Anbieter: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Vereinigtes Königreich
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. This book is a must for every boy - or girl! - who loves the sea, and its tales of hardship and adventure. Here is a sea story with a difference since every word of it is true and recounts the author's own personal experiences during the two arduous and adventures years, from 1834 to 1836, when he shipped before the mast as an able seaman. The author wrote this book as a protest against the hardships and cruelties endured by American sailors in the middle of the nineteenth century. But even to-day, when these terrible conditions no longer exist, people still love to read this classic of the sTracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail, including an intriguing portrait of California before the gold rush. As D. H. Lawrence proclaimed, "Dana's small book is a very great book.".
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. John Seelye is a graduate research professor of American literature at the University of Florida. He is the author of The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain at the Movies, Prophetic Waters: The River in Early American Literatur.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group Apr 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0451531256 ISBN 13: 9780451531254
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail, including an intriguing portrait of California before the gold rush. As D. H. Lawrence proclaimed, 'Dana's small book is a very great book.'.