Two Years Before the Mast is part of the Geography catalogue. The record identifies Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882, Keyes, Homer Eaton, 1875-1938 [Author of introduction, etc.] as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 173,684 words, corresponding to an estimated 756 minutes of reading, and is divided into 16 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 29.0 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.057. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Seafaring life, Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882, Voyages and travels, Sailors. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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