Two Years Before the Mast (book)

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"Two Years Before the Mast" is a classic 1840 memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr. recounting his harrowing experiences as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn, noted for its vivid portrayal of 19th-century maritime life and seafaring hardships.

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Two Years Before the Mast	2
Volume 23: Two Years Before the Mast by Dana	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ
adaptationType	film ⓘ
author	Richard Henry Dana Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s real-life sea voyage ⓘ
circulation	widely read in the 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	California hide trade ⓘ life of common sailors in the 19th century ⓘ voyage around Cape Horn ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	John Farrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear	1946 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	1840 ⓘ
genre	memoir ⓘ nautical literature ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Two Years Before the Mast (1946 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacter	Richard Henry Dana Jr. (narrator) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEdition	annotated editions ⓘ scholarly editions ⓘ
hasInfluenced	later sea narratives and maritime fiction ⓘ
includedIn	American literary canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	maritime reform movements ⓘ
inLibraryOfCongressClassification	PS1292 .A1 ⓘ
literaryPeriod	19th century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme	hardships of seafaring life ⓘ maritime labor and discipline ⓘ social conditions of common sailors ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	detailed account of sailor working conditions ⓘ influence on public perception of sailors ⓘ vivid portrayal of 19th-century maritime life ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalMedium	print ⓘ
placeOfPublication	New York City ⓘ
publicationYear	1840 ⓘ
publisher	Harper & Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	California coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	Cape Horn passage NERFINISHED ⓘ hide and tallow trade ⓘ merchant sailing ships ⓘ sailor discipline and flogging ⓘ social hierarchy aboard ship ⓘ
subjectOf	literary criticism ⓘ
timePeriod	1830s ⓘ
usedAs	historical source on 19th-century seafaring ⓘ historical source on early California ⓘ

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Two Years Before the Mast (film) → hasAdaptationSource → Two Years Before the Mast (book) ⓘ

Dana Point, California → bookMention → Two Years Before the Mast (book) ⓘ

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Dana Point, California → describedIn → Two Years Before the Mast (book) ⓘ

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Harvard Classics → hasPart → Two Years Before the Mast (book) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volume 23: Two Years Before the Mast by Dana