Two Years Before the Mast
Reading San Francisco: 1840
President Dana. There should have been a President Dana, nestled somewhere between a Tyler and a Polk. After all, the Danas of Boston were signers of the Articles of Confederation, senator and congressmen, generals, governors, clergy, college presidents, literary critics, chemists, and clergy.
Richard Henry Dana Sr. was an essayist and lecturer, whose wo…
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