Sep 18– From "Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1840)

My local Renn Faire band doing a shanty

Sep 18– From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1840)

Summary: Finally making it home!

Commentary: I guess I'm officially in the home stretch now (just over seventy percent by the math). There's actually one more Two Years Before the Mast excerpt, but it's from earlier. Today's was chosen since it matches the day he makes it home. Dana is always enjoyable, and Two Years... is one of the books from the collection I'm most looking forward to actually reading sometime.