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Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Feb 7th, 2013

The 53rd Show.  This week we hear "Two Years Before the Mast," Chapters 1&2.  This story is before the Gold Rush, and there was little hope for a better life by most working people.  Richard Henry Dana Jr. left Harvard because he was having trouble with his eyes.  He went to sea to restore his health.  It was a hard life on board ship.  Sailors often were mistreated.  Dana returned to Harvard to finish his law degree, and later spent much time correcting the wrongs he saw at sea. 

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