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Lady Castaways
It was not just the men who lived on the brink of peril under sail at sea. Lucretia Jansz, who was enslaved as a concubine in 1629, was just one woman who endured a castaway experience. Award-winning historian Joan Druett ( Island of the Lost, Tupaia, The Discovery of Tahiti ) relates the stories of women who survived remarkable challenges, from heroines like Mary-Ann Jewell, the 'governness' of a sub-Antarctic island, to Millie Jenkins, whose ship was sunk by a whale.
MORE TALES OF SHIPWRECK AND SURVIVAL FROM THE AUTHOR OF ISLAND OF THE LOST
Praise for Island of the Lost. "A riveting study of the extremes of human nature and the effects of good (and bad) leadership." --FLORENCE WILLIAMS, New York Times "Depicted with consistent brio, stormy seas become epic events." -- Publishers Weekly "The finest survival stories combine struggle and endurance with an intellectual puzzle. Cast onto a wild island, what would one do? ... This is one of the finest survival stories I've read." --BRUCE RAMSEY, Seattle Times "Druett's well-researched account earns its place in any good collection of survival iterature." --WOOK KIM, Entertainment Weekly
MORE TALES OF SHIPWRECK AND SURVIVAL FROM THE AUTHOR OF ISLAND OF THE LOST
Praise for Island of the Lost. "A riveting study of the extremes of human nature and the effects of good (and bad) leadership." --FLORENCE WILLIAMS, New York Times "Depicted with consistent brio, stormy seas become epic events." -- Publishers Weekly "The finest survival stories combine struggle and endurance with an intellectual puzzle. Cast onto a wild island, what would one do? ... This is one of the finest survival stories I've read." --BRUCE RAMSEY, Seattle Times "Druett's well-researched account earns its place in any good collection of survival iterature." --WOOK KIM, Entertainment Weekly
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238 pages, Paperback
First published January 24, 2015
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Joan Druett
51 books187 followersBack in the year 1984, on the picture-poster tropical island of Rarotonga, I literally fell into whaling history when I tumbled into a grave. A great tree had been felled by a recent hurricane, exposing a gravestone that had been hidden for more than one and a half centuries. It was the memorial to a young whaling wife, who had sailed with her husband on the New Bedford ship Harrison in the year 1845. And so my fascination with maritime history was triggered ... resulting in 18 books (so far). The latest—number nineteen—is a biography of a truly extraordinary man, Tupaia, star navigator and creator of amazing art.
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March 30, 2021
Interesting Short Stories
This was an interesting read. It is a collection of short, reportedly true stories of shipwreck, mutiny, stranded on a deserted island. While a good overview and some details of each story is provided, the author’s emphasis is on the seafaring women centrally involved in these maritime disasters.
It was interesting to learn that some captains would have their wives join them at sea. I assume this occurred more than in just these collection of stories. While one conjures up images of the 1700 and 1800s as an almost exclusively male only endeavor of sailing the high seas, clearly there were a kind of partnerships taken on between captain and wife when running the ship.
A great quote from a captain’s wife who had sailed to many places until enduring a terrible shipwreck and violence at sea: when asked by a newspaper if she would go back to sea after this difficult incident, she answered yes “what else is there to do”.
The author obviously is passionate about sailing and maritime disaster of the past. Her research on it is Outstanding!
This was an interesting read. It is a collection of short, reportedly true stories of shipwreck, mutiny, stranded on a deserted island. While a good overview and some details of each story is provided, the author’s emphasis is on the seafaring women centrally involved in these maritime disasters.
It was interesting to learn that some captains would have their wives join them at sea. I assume this occurred more than in just these collection of stories. While one conjures up images of the 1700 and 1800s as an almost exclusively male only endeavor of sailing the high seas, clearly there were a kind of partnerships taken on between captain and wife when running the ship.
A great quote from a captain’s wife who had sailed to many places until enduring a terrible shipwreck and violence at sea: when asked by a newspaper if she would go back to sea after this difficult incident, she answered yes “what else is there to do”.
The author obviously is passionate about sailing and maritime disaster of the past. Her research on it is Outstanding!
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