A Boat Against the Current

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Showing posts with label TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. Show all posts
Thursday, August 14, 2014

This Day in Literary History (Dana Goes ‘Before the Mast’)

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August 14, 1834— Richard Henry Dana, Jr . , shipped out from Boston to the Pacific on the brig Pilgrim in an attempt to aid his failin...
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I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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