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Author : John Kerr
Release : 2023-10-10
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Book Synopsis Dreamers Before the Mast by : John Kerr
Download or read book Dreamers Before the Mast written by John Kerr. This book was released on 2023-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book is the explanation of the intensity of bonding between people and ships
Author : Devendra Bhatnagar
Release : 2020-03-02
Genre : Poetry
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Book Synopsis Of Dreams and Dreamers by : Devendra Bhatnagar
Download or read book Of Dreams and Dreamers written by Devendra Bhatnagar. This book was released on 2020-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Dreams and Dreamers follows the author’s previous offering, Of Dreams and Mermaids. Here too, we celebrate the everyday, the everything and the nothing. Here too, we pay obeisance to the vastness of Creation that is much larger than we imagine. We are much larger than we imagine, intertwined inextricably in Creation itself. This special book of verses is a healing balm to aching souls, a silent refuge for a busy mind, and a constant friend through life’s many experiences.
Author : Richard Henry Dana
Release : 2012-06
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Two Years Before the Mast - the Original Classic Edition by : Richard Henry Dana
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast - the Original Classic Edition written by Richard Henry Dana. This book was released on 2012-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should you read this book? Yes, it is a classic. Yes, it documents the wonderful, adventurous time of the clipper ship. But thats not why you should read it. Richard Henry Dana must have been a most extraordinary man. While attending Harvard as a young man, his eyesight became weak and his health declined. He decided that the austere prescription of salt air and plain hard work would be the cure. Not many would give up comfort and privelege, but for two years, Dana served as a common sailor, given no special treatment as the gentleman he was, and lived in the forecastle of the Alert, eating the mess of salt beef and common hardtack, risking his life and serving under a captain crueler than most. Dana was able to write in such a way as to re-create the life on board a sailing ship, down to the smallest details and thats what makes this book so real and touching. You can feel the cold of Tierra del Fuego, taste the salt beef, and feel the wind and damp. Whats more amazing is that Danas carefully-kept journal was lost along with his other mementos of his voyage when he landed back on shore in Boston, due to some tragic carelessness of someone he entrusted with his chest of belongings. Yet he was able to recreate his voyage in loving detail and in some very excellent writing. Danas later life as a lawyer was far from happy, though he made some critical contributions to maritime law. He died a poor and disappointed man, but left us the richer with his book. I just re-read it again for the tenth time, and it is fresher than ever. Read it along side of Moby Dick. Its American literature and American history and culture at its very best.
Author : Richard H. Dana
Release : 2018-07-09
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Book Rating : 095/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Two Years Before the Mast by : Richard H. Dana
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard H. Dana. This book was released on 2018-07-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Years Before the Mast Volume 2By Richard H. DanaSailing to California from Boston around Cape Horn, Two Years Before the Mast is both an adventure and an eloquent account of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he escapes the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for the arduous voyage. The result is an astonishing book, filled with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail.We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author : Richard Henry Dana
Release : 2019-09-25
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 798/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Two Years Before the Mast by : Richard Henry Dana
Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana. This book was released on 2019-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
