[DOC] [TLE] Two Years Before the Mast - Wikipedia [PAR] Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry 
Dana, Jr., ... Thinking it might help his sight, Dana left Harvard to enlist as a 
common sailor on ... He spent a season on the San Diego shore preparing hides 
for shipment to ... Though the book sold 10,000 copies during its first year, Dana 
did not... [DOC] [TLE] Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea by Richard Henry ... [PAR] Two Years before the Mast is a captivating account of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s 
.... White Jacket was, of course, at least partially inspired by this book, and after 
reading "Two ... Just as much time is spent on land as at sea, engaged in the 
hides trade, ..... It's a true story, written by a young man who took time off his 
studies at... [DOC] [TLE] Dana, Richard Henry: Two Years Before the Mast - WW Norton ... [PAR] At the latter place I visited the scenes of Two Years Before the Mast. ... In writing 
the book Mr. Dana had a motive which inspired him to put into it his very best. ... 
testing eyes on account of its clearness in style and freedom from long words. ...... 
felt at liberty, according to the old usage, to call myself a son of Neptune, and... [DOC] [TLE] Two Years Before the Mast - Chapter XXIX. Loading For HomeA ... [PAR] The complete text of Two Years Before the Mast. ... By Richard Henry Dana ... for 
something to do, when one man recollected a book he had left in the galley. ..... 
who had seen us taking in our long-boat, and"the cry they heardits meaning 
knew. ... At length, according to his own account, being desirous of returning 
home,... [DOC] [TLE] Two Years Before the Mast (Signet Classics): Richard Henry Dana ... [PAR] Editorial Reviews. Review. "Possesses . . . the romantic charm of Robinson 
Crusoe." --Ralph ... As D. H. Lawrence proclaimed, "Dana's small book is a very 
great book." .... He died a poor and disappointed man, but left us the richer with 
his book. ... in it's descriptive painting of a life long gone but important to the 
future of the... [DOC] [TLE] Two Years Before the Mast: Richard Henry Dana: 9781482305869 ... [PAR] Two Years Before the Mast is a work by Richard Henry Dana now brought to you 
... Author interviews, book reviews, editors picks, and more. .... After his return 
home to Harvard and its law school, Dana dedicated his life to ... He even spent 
about six months ashore, preparing hides. ... And this was not so long ago: 1832-
34. [DOC] [TLE] The Ploughboy Anthology eBook of: Two years before the mast; a ... [PAR] Richard Henry Dana, Jr., 1815-1882  ... Entered, according to act of Congress, 
in the year 1840, ... XXX, Beginning The Long Return Voyage  A Scare ... with 
the single exception which I have mentioned, there has not been a book written, 
... of a little more than two years spent as a common sailor, before the mast, in the
... [DOC] [TLE] Two Years Before the Mast - Penguin [PAR] for two years as a common seaman before the mast on the brig Pilgrim. ... of 
events make the novel one that will resonate in the mind of its readers. ... Richard 
Henry Dana, Jr. was born in Massachusetts on August 1, 1815. A case ... noted 
that the book was his attempt to correct the overly Romantic portrayal of maritime 
life. [DOC] [TLE] Richard Henry Dana jr. (1815-1882) Two Years Before The Mast ... [PAR] Richard Henry Dana Jr. in 1842 A portrait of Dana in later life ... he was not 
thinking of literature when he wrote it, and thus the book takes rank with those ... 
When it arrived on the California coast it's voyage was lengthened because the ... 
Dana produced Two years

Question: According to his book, it's how long Richard Henry Dana spent "before the mast"
Answer: Two Years