Richard Henry Dana Jr Reading Order
1 series · 105 books
Richard Henry Dana Jr. was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who became best known for his influential maritime memoir Two Years Before the Mast, which documented his experiences as a common sailor in the 1830s. Beyond his literary achievements, Dana distinguished himself as a prominent attorney who argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and championed abolitionist causes. His vivid firsthand account of life at sea remains a cornerstone of American nautical literature and social commentary.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete105 books
Start with Usury laws, the first of 105 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Annotated Two Years Before the Mast |
| 2 | Argument in the case of the United States vs. 4, 261 hides |
| 3 | Argument of Richard H. Dana, jr., on behalf of the United States |
| 4 | Argument on behalf of the United States [before the Halifax Fisheries Commission, 1877.] |
| 5 | Autobiographical Sketch (1815-1842) |
| 6 | Boston slave riot and trial of Anthony Burns |
| 7 | Buccaneer And Other Poems |
| 8 | Cambridge, the head-quarters of Washington |
| 9 | Certain gentlemen have proposed my undertaking the charge of a class of young ladies in English literature .. |
| 10 | Circuit Court, United States, District of Massachusetts, Bill in Equity, [1866] |
| 11 | Circuit Court, United States, Massachusetts District in Equity |
| 12 | Collected Works Of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. |
| 13 | Collected Works Of Richard Henry Dana, Sr. |
| 14 | Dana's seamen's friend |
| 15 | Dos años al pie del mastil |
| 16 | Double Taxation in Massachusetts |
| 17 | Francis Dana |
| 18 | Hospitable England in the Seventies - the Diary of a Young American 1875-1876 |
| 19 | Hospitable England in the seventies |
| 20 | Hospitable Enland in the Seventies |
| 21 | Idle Man [by R. H. Dana] |
| 22 | Improvement of Mystic River |
| 23 | Journal of a voyage from Boston to the coast of California |
| 24 | LIGHTCROW MESSAGES with Antoine |
| 25 | Lectures Read to the Seniors in Harvard College, Volume 43; Volume 771 |
| 26 | Men at Sea |
| 27 | Nullity of the emancipation edict |
| 28 | Opening address and closing argument of Richard H. Dana, Esq., counsel for libellant, (Benj. F. Dalton) in the Dalton divorce case |
| 29 | Oration at Lexington, April 19, 1875 |
| 30 | Oration at Lexington, April 19, 1875 |
| 31 | Paul Felton |
| 32 | Poems And Prose Writings, ( 2 Vols. ) |
| 33 | Poems and Prose Writings |
| 34 | Points and authorities in support of the Price Charity before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts |
| 35 | Remarks of Richard H. Dana, Jr., esq. |
| 36 | Remarks of Richard H. Dana, Jr., esq. before the Committee on federal relations, on the proposed removal of Edward G. Loring, esq. from the office of judge of probate |
| 37 | Richard Henry Dana Jr |
| 38 | Richard Henry Dana, Collection Novels |
| 39 | Richard Henry Dana, Jr |
| 40 | Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight |
| 41 | Speech of Richard H. Dana, Jr. on the judiciary |
| 42 | Speech of Richard H. Dana, Jr., at Middleton, in the Fifth District, October 26. 1868 |
| 43 | Speech of acceptance [of his nomination as candidate for the office of U.S. representative from the 5th cong. district of Mass., by a republican convention at Salem, 1868 |
| 44 | Supreme court of the United States |
| 45 | TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST |
| 46 | Tears Before the Mast |
| 47 | The Amy Warwick |
| 48 | The Boston Book: Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature |
| 49 | The Harvard Classics Dana (The Harvard Classics) |
| 50 | The Journal of Richard Henry Dana |
| 51 | The Lawrence-Wheaton controversy |
| 52 | The Old South |
| 53 | The Oxford Book of American Essays |
| 54 | The Sailing - Narratives 2-In-1 Special |
| 55 | The Sandwich islands |
| 56 | The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Related Readings |
| 57 | The ether discovery |
| 58 | The ether discovery. R.Littell's living age, no. 201, 18 March, 1848 |
| 59 | The seaman's friend |
| 60 | The seaman's manual |
| 61 | To Cuba and back |
| 62 | Two Years |
| 63 | Two Years Before the Mast |
| 64 | Two Years Before the Mast By Dana |
| 65 | Two years before the Mast |
| 66 | Two years before the mast |
| 67 | Two years before the mast |
| 68 | Two years before the mast |
| 69 | Two years before the mast |
| 70 | Two years before the mast ; or a voice from the forecastle |
| 71 | Two years before the mast, (Classic romances of literature. [vol. III]) |
| 72 | Two years before the mast, a personal narrative of life at sea |
| 73 | Unity of Italy |
| 74 | Usury Laws |
| 75 | Usury Laws : Their Nature, Expediency, and Influence |
| 76 | Usury laws |
| 77 | Usury laws; their nature, expediency, and influence |
| 78 | Voyages and travels |
| 79 | William B. Lawrence vs. Richard H. Dana, Jr., et als |
| 80 | William Beach Lawrence vs. R.H. Dana, Jr., et als |
| 81 | two years before the mast |
| 82 | Usury laws 1831 |
| 83 | Two years before the mast 1840 |
| 84 | The seaman's manual 1841 |
| 85 | Remarks of Richard H. Dana, Jr. Esq. before the Committee on Federal Relations 1855 |
| 86 | The Bible in schools 1855 |
| 87 | Full report of R.H. Dana's argument for defence in the case of Rev. I.S. Kalloch, pastor of the Tremont-Temple Baptist Church 1857 |
| 88 | Opening address and closing argument of Richard H. Dana, Jr., Esq., counsel for the libellant, (Benj. F. Dalton) 1857 |
| 89 | To Cuba and back 1859 |
| 90 | Speech of Richard H. Dana, jr., at Manchester, N.H. on Tuesday evening, February 19, 1861 1861 |
| 91 | A tribute to Judge Sprague 1864 |
| 92 | An address upon the life and services of Edward Everett 1865 |
| 93 | Speech of Richard H. Dana, Jr., at a meeting of citizens held in Faneuil Hall 1865 |
| 94 | Memoir of Major John R. Vinton, U.S.A., who fell at Vera Cruz, March 22, 1847 1878 |
| 95 | Two years before the mast and Twenty-four years after 1909 |
| 96 | Richard Henry Dana, Jr 1910 |
| 97 | Richard Henry Dana, jr. ... speeches in stirring times, and letters to a son 1910 |
| 98 | Speeches in stirring times and letters to a son 1910 |
| 99 | An autobiographical sketch, 1815-1842 1953 |
| 100 | Man against nature 1954 |
| 101 | The great West 1958 |
| 102 | The journal 1968 |
| 103 | The journal of Richard Henry Dana Jr 1968 |
| 104 | Two years before the mast and other voyages 2005 |
| 105 | A Yankee in Mexican California, 1834-1836 2010 |
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