'Two Years Before the Mast' fans in for a treat July 15 Photos submitted Bottom photo is of history professor Rick Kennedy.
Find out more about “Two Years Before the Mast," by American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., with Professor Rick Kennedy, on Thursday, July 15, at 7 p.m. This free online lecture, "The Education of Richard Henry Dana Jr. in Santa Barbara," will give listeners a glimpse into a past of sailing, hide-gathering, what Santa Barbara was like in 1835-1836, who lived here then, who Richard Henry Dana crewed and worked with, and how his voyage and visit to Santa Barbara changed him.