Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea Paperback - 1999
by Joan Druett
"I reveled in the stories of ordinary women turned extraordinary as necessity required. . . ".--Holly Morris, "The New York Times Book Review". 125 photos and illustrations.
First line
On October 3, 1906, twenty-year-old Georgia Maria Gilkey of Searsport, Maine, was married in her graduation dress.
From the rear cover
A "hen frigate", traditionally, was any ship with the captain's wife on board. Hen frigates were miniature worlds -- wildly colorful, romantic, and dangerous. Here are the dramatic, true stories of what the remarkable women on board these vessels encountered on their often amazing voyages: romantic moonlit nights on deck, debilitating seasickness, terrifying skirmishes with pirates, disease-bearing rats, and cockroaches as big as a man's slipper. And all of that while living with the constant fear of gales, hurricanes, typhoons, collisions, and fire at sea. Interweaving first-person accounts from letters and journals in and around the lyrical narrative of a sea journey, maritime historian Joan Druett brings life to these stories. We can almost feel for ourselves the fear, pain, anger, love, and heartbreak of these courageous women. Lavishly illustrated, this breathtaking book transports us to the golden age of sail.
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- Title Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea
- Author Joan Druett
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Touchstone E
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-05-04
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780684854342 / 0684854341
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.14 x 6 x 0.69 in (20.68 x 15.24 x 1.75 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Dewey Decimal Code 387.540
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