{"product_id":"two-years-before-the-mast-a-personal-narrative-of-life-at-sea-by-richard-dana","title":"TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Dana","description":"\u003cp\u003eTWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eby Richard Dana\u003cbr\u003e\nillustrated by Alexander Dobkin\u003cbr\u003e\nintroduction by May Lamberton Becker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small cloth board hardcover \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: The World Publishing Co. 1946, 2nd printing\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 145 w x 215 h x 30 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 415\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2305\/0365\/K576\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDana’s account of his passage around Cape Horn to California, and back, is a remarkable portrait of the seagoing life: the day-to-day routines and conversations, the sailors who manned the ship, the brutality of incompetent officers, and the style of life in the newly emerging coastal towns of California.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome and colour illustrations and end papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent with wear on covers and faint marks on end papers, spotting on page edges, otherwise clean. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452064252196,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2197355118.jpg?v=1784057488","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/two-years-before-the-mast-a-personal-narrative-of-life-at-sea-by-richard-dana","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}