AFTER THE MAST: The life and writings...

AFTER THE MAST: The life and writings of Richard Henry Dana, author of “Two Years Before the Mast,” continue to attract the interest of book buyers in the city that bears his name (E16). . . . After nine years of re-creating Dana’s life in a one-man show, actor Daniel Trent (above) believes he knows the author’s “inner life.” Now holding forth aboard a re-creation of Dana’s ship, Trent believes Dana turned his back on his true destiny when he returned to Boston to become a lawyer.