Two Years Before the Mast
1911 Houghton Mifflin Edition | |
| Author | Richard Henry Dana Jr. |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Diary, novel |
| Publisher | Harper and Brothers |
Publication date | 1840 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 415 |
Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the same name was released in 1946.