Michiel
- 1
- revisión
- 0
- votos útiles
- 3
- calificaciones
-
Two Years Before the Mast
- De: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrado por: Jim Killavey
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 125
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61
Richard Henry Dana called this book a "a voice from the sea". It had an influence on both Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville, both of whom sang its praises. Dana was a law student at Harvard College who decided, in 1834, to take a break from his studies in order to experience the "real world" by signing on as a common sailor for a two year voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. He kept a journal which he turned into a book after the voyage.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Sailing to Mexican California
- De W. Rodger Gantt en 03-19-07
- Two Years Before the Mast
- De: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrado por: Jim Killavey
Spectacular book
Revisado: 09-30-07
I am a leisure sailor and I found this book truly amazing. It gives an incredible insight in a sailor's life in the mid 19th Century. It also gives an intriguing perspective on an important but obscure part of America's history: the start of the colonisation of California by US American inhabitants. I am not a native English speaker so I cannot assess the quality of the accent used by the narrator, but I was very happy with the style of the audiobook.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 20 personas