Two Years Before the Mast

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tonight on our whole mark playhouse we present our dramatization of Richard Henry Dana's two years before the mast an American classic published just over a century ago when it's old, it was only 25 years old.

It captured the hearts of the reading public. In the days when California was still a province of Mexico, and when the few Americans who went there usually chose the long and hazardous journey by sailing ship round Cape Horn.

This trip Dana made, and the result was his great book. A few years later it became a tremendous success when the Gold Rush made everyone anxious to find out what sort of a place California really was.

To play the part of our hero, we are fortunate indeed to have that talented and popular actor, Edmund O'Brien. And now a word about hallmark cards from Frank Goss before we begin the first act of two years before the mast.

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