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A sea of misadventures : Shipwreck and survival in early America / Amy Mitchell-Cook.
Penn Museum Library G525 .M564 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell-Cook, Amy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipwrecks--America--History.
- Shipwrecks.
- Survival at sea--America--History.
- Survival at sea.
- History.
- America.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 227 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- 1 Fact or Fiction? The Publication of American Shipwreck Narratives 9
- 2 The Legalities of Loss, Wreck, and Ruin 29
- 3 God, Nature, and the Role of Religion in Shipwreck 51
- 4 They Worked Like Horses but Behaved Like Men 72
- 5 To Honor Their Worth, Beauty, and Accomplishments 97
- 6 Chaos and Cannibalism on the High Seas 113
- 7 Portuguese Narratives: A Comparative Perspective 134.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1611173019
- 9781611173017
- OCLC:
- 841198234
- Publisher Number:
- 99956940762
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