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Two Years Before the Mast is a 1946 American adventure movie directed by John Farrow and was based on the 1840 memoir of the same name by Richard Henry Dana Jr.. It stars Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald, Albert Dekker, Howard Da Silva, Darryl Hickman, Roman Bohnen and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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  • Hide Droughing

    California hide trade: droughing (carrying) hides from an Alta California shore to boat, for export

  • Two Years before the Mast first edition

    First edition of Two Years Before the Mast, 1840

  • Two Years MS

    Facsimile of an original manuscript page of the book in Richard Henry Dana's hand.

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