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Dana writes in a clear, straightforward style and in a down-to-earth tone. This book, more than many sea accounts of that period, showcases the contrast between life behind the mast (officers) and before it (the crew). Issues of class and dignity are central to this memoir, and Dana's first-hand experience of the work required of sailors gives his account a certain degree of weight. His concern for others is palpable throughout, and it's clear that his ideas of how to improve life at sea are the informed suggestions of one who has live that life. This book also serves as a sort of travelogue, as Dana describes the different places he visits and people he encounters. This was before California was part of the US, so much was different, and I appreciate the way that Dana breathed life into that time and place. Finally, I greatly enjoyed the portions about the sea journey itself. His account of Cape Horn was riveting, one of the most powerful and stunning passages I've read in any memoir. I was especially glad that Dana didn't try to over-simplify the technical aspects of sailing: his use of correct nautical terminology was a wise decision. To people who understand it, it makes perfect sense. To people who don't understand, it still conveys a sense of the amount of work involved, and the different elements connected to sailing. It also in no way hinders one's understanding of the narrative. On the contrary, it imbues it with a richness not to be found in many books of the sea. An afterward gives more details as to the changes out west and the fates of his fellow crew members. Brilliant, and not to be missed. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_273524211" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_273524211">1</span> <img title="1 member found this review helpful" id="rvi_273524211" alt="vote" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/voteup-y.gif"></span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_273524211" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_273524211" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_273524211"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/MuuMuuMousie" target="_top">MuuMuuMousie</a> | Oct 16, 2024 | <a href="/review/273524211"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_232460835" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/56259" data-workid="56259" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>A very, very good book with such detail about ships and sailing and masts and jibs and what-not. Young Richard Dana find that his life has left him with no choice but to enlist in the Merchant Marines. I've heard that term and never really understood what it meant until now. The ship to which he signed sailed cattle hides from California to Boston. And it sailed out of Boston in 1834, before the railroads were built.<br><br>Dana was college-educated and kept a detailed diary on which he based this book. He does not shy away from his first days with sea-sickness, to the quarters where he and his shipmates lived and slept on hammocks, to the times of watches and what was expected, to the perils they encountered bringing hides from one port of California to the other where they were stored prior to shipment. His descriptions as well of how a sailing vessel was laid out, the masts, the work of furling and unfurling sails in all kinds of weather (such as rounding Cape Horn in the Antarctic winter), keeping watch, and how sailors ate were exacting and well-written.<br><br>He also goes into great detail about how the hides were "droughed" (carried on the head) to the rowboats from the various ports to the ship, transported to port where they were again off-loaded to be stored until a certain tonnage was achieved. The tonnage was determined by the company to whom Dana and the ship were contracted for the duration of the voyage; hence the "Merchant Marines," as they were sailing from the port of Boston to ports in California, in order to provide goods (in this case, hides) for the company that owned the ship and saw to their pay.<br><br>And yes, there is a flogging on board the ship, as is an attempt to force Dana into greater time on board his old ship from his new one, leading to a life of sailing instead of a point in time worked as a sailor. The descriptions of California and its coast, when it was still a Mexican territory, are fantastic and make me a bit sad for what we have lost over the centuries with Development and Progress.<br><br>The troubling parts of this book, though, are the ethnocentrism. He refers to the inhabitants of the various coastal cities, both Mexican and Native Americans, as lazy, as half-hearted in their work (which, yes, means the same thing), and as something wholly "other" than his Yankee work ethic. He makes a distinction between the Mexicans and the Spanish, giving a bit higher recognition to the Spanish, who had colonized California originally. Strangely, though, he has good rapport with the Sandwich Islanders (modern Hawa'ii) and even helps save one from the disease that they too often caught from interaction with the White voyagers (the disease is not named but was probably not smallpox by the description).<br><br>All in all a good book and most deservedly a classic of literature. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_232460835" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_232460835">1</span> <img title="1 member found this review helpful" id="rvi_232460835" alt="vote" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/voteup-y.gif"></span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_232460835" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_232460835" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_232460835"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/threadnsong" target="_top">threadnsong</a> | Feb 5, 2023 | <a href="/review/232460835"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_233903613" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/56259" data-workid="56259" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I can't believe I stayed awake until 11:30 last night, reading. I've been totally blown away by Two Years Before the Mast. Somebody at work mentioned it to me a month or so ago (now I don't remember who it was, but thank you so much!) Always assumed it was "just" a sea story, but it's the history (1830s) of MY southern California.<br><br>I'm not sure what grabbed me so strongly from the first page to the last. One of my interests is narratives of 19th century scientific (which this was not) exploration, fascinated by how hard people had to work to get to places where today we just hop a truck or a plane--of course the really interesting places still are not so easy. So there was that. But I guess the real draw was the extensive look at California at the time of the decline of the missions, before the gold rush brought the whole world here. Living my whole life in San Diego, these places are the cities and beaches I know. Fascinating. I could go on and on, but I just did, didn't I?<br><br> <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_233903613" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_233903613">1</span> <img title="1 member found this review helpful" id="rvi_233903613" alt="vote" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/voteup-y.gif"></span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_233903613" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_233903613" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_233903613"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/JudyGibson" target="_top">JudyGibson</a> | Jan 26, 2023 | <a href="/review/233903613"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_230701160" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/56259" data-workid="56259" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Good travel book about a voayage to California around the Horn before it belonged to the US. Good descriptions, etc. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_230701160" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_230701160"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_230701160" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_230701160" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_230701160"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/kslade" target="_top">kslade</a> | Dec 8, 2022 | <a href="/review/230701160"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_215370759" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/56259" data-workid="56259" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0140390081.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>If you love the sea, tall ships, or have a desire to learn more about them then this is the book for you. The introduction, first few chapters, and concluding chapter are by far the best read. The rest is merely a journal of a seaman on a merchantman in the 1800鈥榮. The rigorous monotony of his daily life and the hardships he was forced to endure.<br><br>Indeed Dana鈥榮 concluding chapter tells us this, hoping to dissuade the young men of his age from their perceived romantic notions of a life at sea. The concluding chapter also defines how that life at sea can be made better, and in truth, how everyone鈥榮 life can be made better through a relationship with God. Not a book for everyone, but a good book for those of us who love the sea <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_215370759" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_215370759"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_215370759" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_215370759" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_215370759"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/282Mikado" target="_top">282Mikado</a> | Apr 13, 2022 | <a href="/review/215370759"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class='reviewnav'><div class="right"><strong><a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,3,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','56259','',false, null, 'profile');return false;">date<span class="sortArrow"> ▼</span></a></strong> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,2,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','56259','',false, null, 'profile'); 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margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_a076ce6c" title="9.0 Stars" aria-title="9.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-uu.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_2505" class="commentText">Almost two centuries later, we are all made richer by Dana's classic memoir, "Two Years Before the Mast," which is among the finest books ever written about the immensely popular subject of adventure at sea, and is as relevant and readable today as it was then.</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/tim.taylor">tim.taylor</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'2505', 'workid':'56259'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704506004576174323361155478.html" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">The Wall Street Journal</span>, <span class="nowrap">Angus Phillips</span></a> <span rawdate="1299819600" class="nowrap">(Mar 11, 2011)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div></div></div> </div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_56" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><a name="otherauthors"></a><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'otherauthors', 'u_62004057', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Other authors</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_62004057" style="display:block;"><div id="otherauthors_container"><p style="margin-top: 5px !important;"><a href="javascript:otherauthors_edit(56259)">» Add other authors (156 possible)</a></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="otherauthor"><tr class="head"><td>Author name</td><td>Role</td><td>Type of author</td><td>Work?</td><td>Status</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/danajrrichardhenry">Dana Jr., Richard Henry</a></td><td>—</td><td>primary author</td><td>all editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/blainemahlon">Blaine, Mahlon</a></td><td>Cover artist</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/daviswes">Davis, Wes</a></td><td>Afterword</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/dobkinalexander">Dobkin, Alexander</a></td><td>Illustrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/flemingthomasj">Fleming, Thomas J.</a></td><td>Afterword</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/grenfellsirwilfred">Grenfell, Sir Wilfred</a></td><td>Introduction</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/grenfellwilfred">Grenfell, Wilfred</a></td><td>Introduction</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/kemblejohnhaskell">Kemble, John Haskell</a></td><td>Editor</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/killaveyjim">Killavey, Jim</a></td><td>Narrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/kindergary">Kinder, Gary</a></td><td>Introduction</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/mayesbernard">Mayes, Bernard</a></td><td>Narrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/mcfeewilliam">McFee, William</a></td><td>Introduction</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/morriswright">Morris, Wright</a></td><td>Afterword</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/orrmonros">Orr, Monro S.</a></td><td>Illustrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/pearscharles">Pears, Charles</a></td><td>Illustrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/philbrickthomas">Philbrick, Thomas</a></td><td>Editor</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/seelyejohn">Seelye, John</a></td><td>Introduction</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/smitheboyd">Smith, E. 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href="/work/3524403">The Harvard Classics [50 Volume Set]</a> by <a data-authorid="eliotcharleswilliam" href="/author/eliotcharleswilliam">Charles William Eliot</a></span> <span class="tinygray">(indirect)</span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="194174" href="/work/194174">The Harvard Classics with Lectures [51 volumes]</a> by <a data-authorid="eliotcharleswilliam" href="/author/eliotcharleswilliam">Charles William Eliot</a></span> <span class="tinygray">(indirect)</span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="1732918" href="/work/1732918">The Harvard Classics with Lectures and Guide [52 volumes]</a> by <a data-authorid="eliotcharleswilliam" href="/author/eliotcharleswilliam">Charles William Eliot</a></span> <span class="tinygray">(indirect)</span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="26852830" href="/work/26852830">The Harvard Classics & Shelf of Fiction [71 volume set]</a> by <a data-authorid="eliotcharleswilliam" href="/author/eliotcharleswilliam">Charles William Eliot</a></span> <span class="tinygray">(indirect)</span></div></div><h2>Has the adaptation</h2><div id="u_e1d6619d" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="12179649" href="/work/12179649">Classics Illustrated: Two Years Before the Mast</a> by <a data-authorid="danajrrh" href="/author/danajrrh">Jr R. H. Dana</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="17790956" href="/work/17790956">Two Years Before the Mast [1946 film]</a> by <a data-authorid="farrowjohn-1" href="/author/farrowjohn-1">John Farrow</a></span></div></div><h2>Is abridged in</h2><div id="u_ec2f29a0" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="9354655" href="/work/9354655">Best Loved Books for Young Readers 12</a> by <a data-authorid="digestreaders" href="/author/digestreaders">Reader's Digest</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="27538342" href="/work/27538342">Two Years Before the Mast, A Personal Narrative of Life At Sea, Abridged for Modern Reading (Junior Deluxe Editions)</a> by <a data-authorid="danarichardhenry-1" href="/author/danarichardhenry-1">Richard Henry Dana</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="1236111" href="/work/1236111">The Book of the Sea</a> by <a data-authorid="spectorskyac" href="/author/spectorskyac">A. C. Spectorsky</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="27135543" href="/work/27135543">Two years before the mast [Abridged]</a> by <a data-authorid="hurdyjohnm" href="/author/hurdyjohnm">John M. Hurdy</a></span></div></div><h2>Has as a student's study guide</h2><div id="u_a6ff2bc2" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="924850" href="/work/924850">Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast (Monarch Notes)</a> by <a data-authorid="caseyfloydw" href="/author/caseyfloydw">Floyd W. 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Examples: Hermione Granger, Andrew Jackson, Oberon, St. Paul of Tarsus, or Zeus (Deity)' ><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Richard+Henry+Dana%2C+Jr.">Richard Henry Dana, Jr.</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/George+Marsh">George Marsh</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Bill+Jackson">Bill Jackson</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Pablo">Pablo</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Don+Pablo+de+la+Guerra">Don Pablo de la Guerra</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Alfred+Robinson">Alfred Robinson</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=agent">agent</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_fcafbf49">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_fcafbf49')">show all 16 items</a>)</div><div id="u_fcafbf49" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Don+Juan+Bandini">Don Juan Bandini</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Dona+Angustias">Dona Angustias</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Jack+Stewart">Jack Stewart</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Ben+Stimson">Ben Stimson</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Tom+Harris">Tom Harris</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Jim+Hall">Jim Hall</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Andrew+Amerzene">Andrew Amerzene</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Henry+Mellus">Henry Mellus</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Richard+Brown">Richard Brown</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Chief+Mate+of+Alert">Chief Mate of Alert</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Harry+Bennett">Harry Bennett</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Harry+May">Harry May</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_placesmentioned"></a>Important places</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_2b42868d' itemType='1' itemNum='56259' fieldType='2' name='u_2b42868d' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'placesmentioned' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"' ><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Boston%2C+Massachusetts%2C+USA">Boston, Massachusetts, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/California%2C+USA">California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Cape+Horn%2C+Chile">Cape Horn, Chile</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Los+Angeles%2C+California%2C+USA">Los Angeles, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Massachusetts%2C+USA">Massachusetts, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_45e81959">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_45e81959')">show all 18 items</a>)</div><div id="u_45e81959" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Monterey%2C+California%2C+USA">Monterey, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Monterey+County%2C+California%2C+USA">Monterey County, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/San+Diego%2C+California%2C+USA">San Diego, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/San+Juan+Capistrano%2C+California%2C+USA">San Juan Capistrano, California, USA</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Mission+San+Juan+Capistrano">Mission San Juan Capistrano</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/San+Pedro%2C+California%2C+USA">San Pedro, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Santa+Barbara%2C+California%2C+USA">Santa Barbara, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Atlantic+Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Pacific+Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Yerba+Buena%2C+California%2C+USA">Yerba Buena, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/San+Francisco+Bay%2C+California%2C+USA">San Francisco Bay, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Juan+Fernandez+Island%2C+Chile">Juan Fernandez Island, Chile</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Golden+Gate%2C+San+Francisco%2C+California%2C+USA">Golden Gate, San Francisco, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Yosemite+National+Park%2C+California%2C+USA">Yosemite National Park, California, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_events"></a>Important events</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_e6aee8e3' itemType='1' itemNum='56259' fieldType='34' name='u_e6aee8e3' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'events' uitype = '1' 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Kennedy (1963-11-22), Battle of Hoth' ><div class='fwikiItem divevents'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/events/Age+of+Sail">Age of Sail</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_movies"></a>Related movies</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_c563aa02' itemType='1' itemNum='56259' fieldType='37' name='u_c563aa02' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'movies' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Blade Runner (1982), The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Three Musketeers (1993)' ><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="Two Years Before the Mast (1946 | tt0039056)" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Two+Years+Before+the+Mast&f=37&exact=1&type=1">Two Years Before the Mast</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1946">1946</a> | <a class="fwikiAutoLink imdblink" target="_top" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039056/">IMDb</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr>     <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_epigraph"></a>Epigraph</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_a9a6e59a' itemType='1' itemNum='56259' fieldType='28' name='u_a9a6e59a' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'epigraph' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The work's epigraph, "a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component." ' ><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Crowded in the rank and narrow ship, --<br>Housed on the wild sea with wild usages, --<br>Whate'er in the inland dales the land conceals<br>Of fair and exquisite, O! nothing, nothing,<br>Do we behold of that in our rude voyage.<br>Coleridge's Wallenstein</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_dedication"></a>Dedication</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_1506b100' itemType='1' itemNum='56259' fieldType='30' name='u_1506b100' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'dedication' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Author's dedication' ><div class='fwikiItem divdedication'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_firstwords"></a>First words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_71e3baaa' itemType='1' itemNum='56259' fieldType='25' name='u_71e3baaa' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'firstwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The first sentence of the work.' ><div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >I am unwilling to present this narrative to the public without a few words in explanation of my reasons for publishing it.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_quotations"></a>Quotations</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_6831453e' itemType='1' itemNum='56259' fieldType='27' name='u_6831453e' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'quotations' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Well-known, relevant or interesting quotations from the work; Quotation marks are unnecessary.' ><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Yet a sailor's life is at best but a mixture of a little good with much evil, and a little pleasure with much pain. The beautiful is linked with the revolting, the sublime with the commonplace, and the solemn with the ludicrous.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Death is at all times solemn, but never so much so at sea. A man dies on shore, his body remains with his friends, and the mourners go about the streets; but when a man falls overboard at sea and is lost, these is a suddeness in the event, and a difficulty in realizing it, which give to it an air of awful mystery. ...you miss a man so much. A dozen men are shut up together in a little bark upon the wide, wide sea, and for months and months see no forms and hear no voices but their own, and one is taken suddenly from among them, and they miss him at every turn. 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