Richard Henry Dana
Richard Henry Dana Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast and as an attorney who successfully represented the U.S. government before the U.S. Supreme Court during the Civil War in the Prize Cases. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen.
Two Years Before the Mast
There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #2055
By Richard Henry Dana
To Cuba and Back
"To Cuba and Back" by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. is a travelogue written in the late 19th century. The work captures the author's journey from Manhattan ...
By Richard Henry Dana
The Seaman's Friend Containing a treatise on practical seamanship, with plates, a dictionary of sea terms, customs and usages of the merchant service
"The Seaman's Friend" by Richard Henry Dana is a comprehensive guide on practical seamanship written in the early 19th century. This work serves as a ...
By Richard Henry Dana
Two Years Before the Mast
See also PG#4277 with Introduction and afterword by Richard Henry Dana III
By Richard Henry Dana