Slavish Shore : the Odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr. /

In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer's memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the stor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amestoy, Jeffrey L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Antislavery movements > United States.
Authors > Biography.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Politicians > Massachusetts > Biography.
Sailors > United States > Biography.
Upper class > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis.
Écrivains > Biographies.
Avocats > États-Unis > Biographies.
Hommes politiques > Massachusetts > Biographies.
Marins > États-Unis > Biographies.
Classes supérieures > Massachusetts > Boston > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Antislavery movements.
Authors.
Lawyers.
Politicians.
Sailors.
Upper class.
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts > Boston.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer's memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana's determination to keep that vow.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:25 halftones.
ISBN:9780674088979
0674088972

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