Jailynn's review of Two Years before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Two Years before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Besides the story of a Sailor's life and how horrible it was,
it was very interesting to read the parts about early California. I was especially interested in his accounts of Monterey and San Francisco. How in the harbor of Yerba Buena, San Francisco there was no other habitation except a shanty belonging to a man named Richardson and then that year he built a one story adobe house that was the first house in San Francisco. He also states that he thinks that if California ever became prosperous that it will be because of San Francisco and its abundance of wood, water and extremely fertile soil. It's depressing that most of that fertile soil in San Francisco is now under buildings, cement and asphalt. Like much of the best fertile soil in California.
it was very interesting to read the parts about early California. I was especially interested in his accounts of Monterey and San Francisco. How in the harbor of Yerba Buena, San Francisco there was no other habitation except a shanty belonging to a man named Richardson and then that year he built a one story adobe house that was the first house in San Francisco. He also states that he thinks that if California ever became prosperous that it will be because of San Francisco and its abundance of wood, water and extremely fertile soil. It's depressing that most of that fertile soil in San Francisco is now under buildings, cement and asphalt. Like much of the best fertile soil in California.
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