How Long to Read Two Years Before the Mast

How Long Does it Take to Read Two Years Before the Mast?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the same name was released in 1946.While an undergraduate at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles which affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He returned to Massachusetts two years later aboard the Alert (which left California sooner than the Pilgrim).He kept a diary throughout the voyage, and, after returning, he wrote a recognized American classic, Two Years Before the Mast, published in 1840....Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 - January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of an eminent colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the American classic, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen....E. Boyd Smith(Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943)

How long is Two Years Before the Mast?

Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr is 266 pages long, and a total of 68,096 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Two Years Before the Mast Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 12 minutes to read Two Years Before the Mast aloud.

What Reading Level is Two Years Before the Mast?

Two Years Before the Mast is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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