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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. True Spirit
  • 2. Pilgrim
  • 3. Alert
  • 4. The Vow
  • 5. The Book
  • 6. Boston, Brahmins, and the Business of Law
  • 7. The Masquerade
  • 8. The Great Man of the Age
  • 9. The Inheritance
  • 10. A Monstrous Thing
  • 11. Chains
  • 12. Boycott
  • 13. The Little Darky Lawyer
  • 14. The Club
  • 15. The Presumption of Freedom
  • 16. Who Can Tell What a Day May Bring Forth
  • 17. Duty
  • 18. Breakdown
  • 19. Around the World
  • 20. The Supreme Court Argument That Saved the Union
  • 21. The Duke of Cambridge
  • 22. Treason
  • 23. The Rating
  • 24. One of Them Damn Literary Fellers
  • 25. Last Voyage
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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