The Erskine Family's
"LIVING BOOKS FOR THE EARS" Newsletter
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September 8, 2005 
In this issue:
Two Years Before The Mast
Dear Friends,
Two Years Before the Mast is a riveting true story of adventure and one of the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century, tracing an ocean route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast. Because of health problems, 19-year-old law student Richard Henry Dana abandoned the elite world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. Based on a diary Dana kept during the next two years, his book is a fascinating story, complete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail. This adaptation of Dana's classic living book, an episode of CBS Radio's "Tell it Again", was originally broadcast on August 22, 1948.
Resource: A biographical sketch of the author, along with the complete text of "Two Years Before the Mast"!
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The Erskine Family
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