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A portrait of women on the high seas. Women have always been involved in martime life but their stories have rarely been told. David Cordingly looks at the traditionally male domain and finds some remarkable women: Mary Patten, who took command of a vessel and sailed it round Cape Horn at the age of 19; Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, who rowed out in ferocious seas to rescue three shipwrecked men; and the awesome Anne Bonny, who disguised herself as a man and became a fearsome pirate before being sentenced to the gallows. From the waterfront prostitutes and the women who went to sea dressed as sailors, to the wives who were left waiting at home, Heroines and Harlots looks at the relationship between women and the sea.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139780333763735
eBay Product ID (ePID)87676669
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NameHeroines and Harlots: Women at Sea in the Great Age of Sail
LanguageEnglish
SubjectZoology, History
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorNot Available
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight640 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom