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Two Years Before the Mast
- De: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrado por: Pat Bottino
- Duración: 16 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Two Years Before the Mast, written by Richard Henry Dana, provides a vivid account of "the life of a common sailor at sea". Dana sails from Boston, around Cape Horn, stopping in several ports along the California coast including San Diego, San Pedro, Santa Barbara, and San Francisco. On the return trip around Cape Horn in the middle of the Antarctic winter Dana describes terrifying storms and incredible beauty, giving vivid descriptions of icebergs and the scurvy that afflicts members of the crew.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nautical Mispronunciations
- De E. W. Littlefield, Jr. en 05-08-17
- Two Years Before the Mast
- De: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrado por: Pat Bottino
Wrong reader
Revisado: 08-13-12
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Yes, relearned a lot of early
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How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
I would not change the story because that is the way it was for sailors in that time.
What three words best describe Pat Bottino’s voice?
His voice was okay, his naiutical pronunciation was all off.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
It was a movie, several years ago. Yes, I would go and see it again..
Any additional comments?
Biggest comment was that Bottino should have had a real seaman go over his reading with him. I don't know how many times I cringed when I heard him refer to the forecastle. The word is pronounced "Folk-sul." Also when nearing Boston on the return trip he spoke of a man "being in the chains" and taking soundings by swinging the lead. The sounding lead is pronounced lead as in bed or dead. Not as 'you lead and I'll follow" While not mentioned in the book, life for a common sailor didnt' really improve much until welll into the 20th century. Even up to the 1930's seamen were not treated much better than slaves. My thanks to my seamen brothers who helped to change that. I went to sea from 1946 until 1994 when I retired. ,
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