Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Jun 07, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 559
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Episode description
A crew faced the hazardous prospect of rounding the bleak Cape Horn in midwinter. Imagine the terror when a sudden scream pierced the misery-laden air. What was it? A man overboard or a lost soul? (Volume 23, Harvard Classics)
R. H. Dana on watch, night of June 6, 1836.
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