<i>Classic Comics No. 25: Two Years Before the Mast</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1945
name: label: maker
content: Gilberton Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This issue of <i>Classic Comics</i> contained an adaptation of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.’s novel <i>Two Years Before the Mast</i>, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in October 1945. Ruth Roche adapted the novel to the comic format, Robert Hayward Webb and David Heames composed the cover art. The cover depicts sailors laboring under a ship’s rope while a captain stands by with whip in hand. Published in 1840, <i>Two Years Before the Mast</i> recounted Dana’s time spent as a common sailor on a merchant ship that traveled from Boston to California around Cape Horn. The book served to educate the public about the hardships of sailor’s lives. It also provided a rare description of pre-gold rush California.
label: Description
content: <i>Classic Comics</i> was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. <i>Classic Comics</i> was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 <i>Classic Comics</i> became <i>Classics Illustrated</i>. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.055
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.055
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 in; 19.05 cm x 25.4 cm