Richard Henry Dana Jr. Books in Order
Richard Henry Dana Jr. has written 17 books, published between 1909 and 2021. The first book is Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After (1909) and the newest is An Autobiographical Sketch (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 1909–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,532 in 6 of 17 books
Richard Henry Dana Jr. has 17 titles in the catalogue, with listed dates from 1909 to 2021. Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After carries the 1909 date. Three volumes of The Journal of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. are listed, along with Speeches in Stirring Times and Letters to a Son (2007) and Directory of Sea Terms (2012). An Autobiographical Sketch (2021) is the newest entry. Subjects include seamanship, navigation, the merchant marine and maritime law.
How many Richard Henry Dana Jr. books are there?
Richard Henry Dana Jr. has 17 books, released between 1909 and 2021.
Richard Henry Dana Jr. Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Richard Henry Dana Jr. books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After1909 · confirmed 1/41909–1/4
- 2The Journal of Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Volume I1968 · 462 pages · confirmed 1/419684621/4
- 3The Journal of Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Volume II1968 · 456 pages · confirmed 1/419684561/4
- 4Poems and Prose Writings.2006 · 456 pages · confirmed 1/420064561/4
- 5Hospitable England in the Seventies: The Diary of a Young American, 1875-18762007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 6Speeches in Stirring Times and Letters to a Son2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 7Speeches and Writings of Richard H. Dana Jr.2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 8Directory of Sea Terms2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 9The Journal of Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Volume III2014 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420143841/4
- 10Richard Henry Dana, Collection Novels2014 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/420143481/4
- 11Elements of International Law2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 12A Tribute To Judge Sprague2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 13Lectures on Art, and Poems2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 14Argument of Richard H. Dana, Jr.: On Behalf of the United States2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 15To Cuba and Back2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 16Dana's Seaman's Friend2021 · 426 pages · confirmed 1/420214261/4
- 17An Autobiographical Sketch2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Richard Henry Dana Jr. books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
17 books17 Richard Henry Dana Jr. titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Richard Henry Dana Jr. books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 17 Richard Henry Dana Jr. books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Start with Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After (1909), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Richard Henry Dana Jr. book?
An Autobiographical Sketch (2021) is the newest Richard Henry Dana Jr. book released so far.
Is there a new Richard Henry Dana Jr. book coming?
No next Richard Henry Dana Jr. book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Richard Henry Dana Jr. at a glance
- Paused
- No new Richard Henry Dana Jr. title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Richard Henry Dana Jr. books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
- Length
- 2,532 pages across the 6 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 441 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Richard Henry Dana Jr. books, 8 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
What the Richard Henry Dana Jr. books are about
1 of the 17 Richard Henry Dana Jr. books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Dictionaries 1 of 1 books
- Handbooks, manuals 1 of 1 books
- Maritime law 1 of 1 books
- Merchant marine 1 of 1 books
- Naval art and science 1 of 1 books
- Navigation 1 of 1 books
- Seamanship 1 of 1 books
- Terminology 1 of 1 books