Slavish Shore: The Odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674088190 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Yet Dana’s own promising political career remained unfulfilled as he struggled to reconcile his rigorous conscience with his restless spirit in public controversy and private life.The first full-length biography of Dana in more than half a century, Slavish Shore reintroduces readers to one of America’s most zealous defenders of freedom and human dignity.. In Slavish Shore, Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana’s unflagging determination to keep that vow in the face of nineteenth-century America’s most exclusive establishment: the Boston society in which he had been born and bred.The drama of Dana’s life arises from the unresolved tension between the Brahmin he was expected to be on shore and the man he had become at sea. But literary acclaim could not erase the young lawyer’s memory of the brutal floggings he had witnessed aboard ship or undermine the vow he had made to combat injustice. In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. His account of the voyage, Two Years Before the Mast, quickly became an American classic. sailed to California as a common seaman. Dana’s sense of justice made him a lawyer who championed sailors and slaves, and his extraordinary advocacy put him at the center of some of the most consequential cases
(Steve Donoghue Open Letters Monthly 2015-08-03)Excellently reveals how Dana wrested from the text of the U.S. Constitution the acknowledgment that the African-American slave, a kind of property as far as the traditional reading went, also had rights. (Henry Cohen Federal Lawyer 2016-03-01) . Amestoy’s book follows Dana as he carries home the lessons he learned at sea and shocks the hidebound world of upper-crust Boston by standing up for the rights of seamen and fugitive slaves. (Steven Lubet, author of Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial)Both a richly detailed biography of Richard Henry Dana and a snapshot of American life at the end of the age of sail, Amestoy&rsquo
"Amestoy beautifully brings the life and legacy of Richard Henry Dana" according to nc0Amestoy beautifully brings the life and legacy of Richard Henry Dana In Slavish Shore, Amestoy beautifully brings the life and legacy of Richard Henry Dana Jr. into rich, living color. By telling the tale of a largely forgotten historical figure, Slavish Shore manages to shed new light and bring fresh perspective to 1800s New England. Though categorized here as "legal history," Slavish Shore reads more like a work of thoughtful historical fiction (with the added bonus of being true). Exceptional. 1Amestoy beautifully brings the life and legacy of Richard Henry Dana In Slavish Shore, Amestoy beautifully brings the life and legacy of Richard Henry Dana Jr. into rich, living color. By telling the tale of a largely forgotten historical figure, Slavish Shore manages to shed new light and bring fresh perspective to 1800s New England. Though categorized here as "legal history," Slavish Shore reads more like a work of thoughtful historical fiction (with the added bonus of being true). Exceptional. . In Slavish Shore, Amestoy beautifully brings the life and legacy of Richard Henry Dana Jr. into rich, living color. By telling the tale of a largely forgotten historical figure, Slavish Shore manages to shed new light and bring fresh perspective to 1800s New England. Though categorized here as "legal history," Slavish Shore reads more like a work of thoughtful historical fiction (with the added bonus of being true). Exceptional. DP Kayak said A Very Good Biography of an Important American, Beyond What We Think We Already Know. As a resident in Dana Point, California, I’ve always been aware of whom our town was named for. I read and very much enjoyed his “Two Years Before the Mast” and had read the student-version to my kids when teaching 5th grade. In fact, when I read the part where Dana was anchored in Capistrano Bay, I sat on the quarterdeck of the good ship “Pilgrim” (replica) in Dana Harbor, and when reading of his . What to Give a Lawyer or a Law Student This is a lovely book, and I write now a year after its first appearance because it will make a fine holiday gift for an aspiring lawyer. Jeffrey Amestoy was Attorney General and Chief Justice of Vermont, and so he has an unusual degree of insight into his subject, the mingled brilliance and idealism of Richard Henry Dana's law practice. Amestoy is a fine writer, and his subject demands that--Richard Henry Dana was one of perha
. Jeffrey L. Amestoy has served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and is a Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School