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Narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt : only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka Sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives : Embellished with ten engravings.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Dechert Collection AC8 J5567 815n 1849
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
- Jewitt, John R.
- Nuu-chah-nulth Indians.
- Indian captivities.
- Genre:
- Captivity narratives.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dechert, Robert (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 166 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Mack, Andrus, & Co., 1849.
- Notes:
- "Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewitt his story, during repeated interviews." Cf. Hist. mag., v. 4, 1860, p. 91.
- "A list of words in the Nootkian language, the most in use."--p. [5].
- Cited in:
- Sabin, 36123
- Smith [superscript 3], 5220
- OCLC:
- 64756680
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