{"product_id":"two-years-before-the-mast-folio-society-647","title":"Two Years Before the Mast","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Dana. Introduction by Mervyn Horder. 30 drawings by Ian Ribbons. Bound in dark brown cloth with an oval paper cover-label printed in brown. Endleaves printed with a ship in brown. Pale brown slipcase. 22.8x15.9cm. 342pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Henry Dana Jr.'s Two Years Before the Mast is a classic firsthand account of life at sea during the nineteenth century. Dana left his studies at Harvard and joined a merchant vessel as an ordinary sailor, travelling from Boston around Cape Horn to the coast of California. His narrative describes storms, exhausting labour, harsh discipline and the everyday routines of sailors with unusual honesty. It also provides a valuable portrait of California before the Gold Rush, making the book both an adventure narrative and an important historical record of maritime life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216442147155,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421128671571,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/two-years-before-the-mast-folio-society-647","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}