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The Female Shipwright Or Singular History Of Mary Lacy
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Book Synopsis The History of the Female Shipwright by : Mary Lacy
Download or read book The History of the Female Shipwright written by Mary Lacy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1759, at the age of nineteen, Mary Lacy donned a pair of men's breeches, adopted the name of William Chandler, and went to sea. Her autobiography (first published in 1773) chronicles her sea-faring adventures and gives a fascinating insight into the hardships of ordinary sailors in the 18th-century Navy. For her these were compounded by having to pretend to be a man. She nonetheless earned a name as a strong and reliable worker and, back on dry land, became an accomplished ship builder. Destitution, betrayal and amorous encounters all play a part in this intriguing tale. A brief introduction by Margarette Lincoln, Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum, provides the historical context for this remarkable account.
Download or read book Female Husbands written by Jen Manion and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and comprehensive history of female husbands in Anglo-America from the eighteenth through the turn of the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division by : New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division written by New York Public Library. Rare Book Division and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
Book Synopsis Women Sailors and Sailors' Women by : David Cordingly
Download or read book Women Sailors and Sailors' Women written by David Cordingly and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The fall of 1856 was one of the worst seasons that sailors off the coast of Cape Horn had ever seen. The clipper ship Neptune's Car, a trading vessel from New York, had battled huge waves and gale-force winds for weeks. Desperate to save his men and cargo from the violent storm, Captain Joshua Patten spent eight sleepless days and nights on deck. On the ninth day at the helm, he collapsed with a raging fever, and his crew panicked. As freezing rain and wind howled through the rigging and death seemed imminent, just one person on board stepped forward to take control of the ship: Captain Patten's nineteen-year-old wife, Mary, then five months' pregnant with their first child. When the ship safely reached its destination of San Franciso that November, Mary Patten was hailed as a national heroine." "What was a young woman doing on board a clipper ship in 1856? And how could she have been skilled enough to navigate a 216-foot vessel through a storm? Maritime history is rich with tales of male adventurers, sailors, captains, and pirates. In fact, we think of the high seas as an all-male world. But what about women? Were wives and daughters left ashore, relegated to a landlubber's existence?" "To answer these questions, maritime scholar David Cordingly has written an inspired, illuminating, and highly readable book that reveals the vibrant history of women and the sea. Drawing on years of research into the journals, ship's logs, and diaries of extraordinary women like Mary Patten, Cordingly has resurrected the incredible stories of a forgotten population. He re-creates a time when captain's wives shared Christmas dinners in Tahitian harbors, and when one Hannah Snell served aboard a British naval ship for four years without revealing her identity as a woman."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Female Husbands written by Jen Manion and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and comprehensive history of female husbands in Anglo-America from the eighteenth through the turn of the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia by : Ellis Merton Coulter
Download or read book A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia written by Ellis Merton Coulter and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1983 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information pertaining to each settler consists, generally, of name, age, occupation, place of origin, names of spouse, children and other family members, dates of embarkation and arrival, place of settlement, and date of death. In addition, some of the more notorious aspects of the settlers' lives are recounted in brief, telltale sketches.
Book Synopsis History of Perquimans County by : Ellen Goode Rawlings Winslow
Download or read book History of Perquimans County written by Ellen Goode Rawlings Winslow and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1974 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a county history that is extraordinarily rich in primary source materials, including abstracts of deeds from 1681 through the Revolutionary War period and, moreover, petitions, divisions of estates, wills, and marriages found in the records of Perquimans and adjacent North Carolina counties. Numbering in the tens of thousands, the records provide the names of all principal parties and related family members, places of residence and migration, descriptions of real and personal property, dates, boundary surveys, names of executors, witnesses, and appraisers, and dates of recording. Altogether, the index contains references to about 35,000 persons! Researchers should note that Perquimans was one of the original North Carolina precincts--with very close ties to the southeastern Virginia counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight--and for many years had fluid boundaries with the North Carolina counties of Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank.
Download or read book Half Broken Things written by Morag Joss and published by Delta. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping tale of psychological suspense perfect for the readership of Minette Walters and Ruth Rendell, Half Broken Things is a novel that peers into the lives of three dangerously lost people…and the ominous haven they find when they find each other. Jean is a house sitter at the end of a dreary career. Steph is nine months pregnant and on the run. And Michael is a thief. Through a mixture of deceit, good luck, and misfortune, these three damaged loners have come together at a secluded country home called Walden Manor. Now all three have found what they needed most: a new beginning, a little kindness, a little love. Living off the manor’s riches, tending its grounds and gardens, they leave the outside world far behind and build a happiness so long denied them. That is, until the first unexpected visitor arrives...igniting a chain reaction that is at once spellbinding and disastrous. A stunning, thought-provoking crime novel of chilling moral complexity, Half Broken Things is a gripping, haunting exploration of love and our need for it, of the damage done when we go long without it, and the deeds we might be driven to in its name.
Book Synopsis A Genealogy of the Folsom Family by : Jacob Chapman
Download or read book A Genealogy of the Folsom Family written by Jacob Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Pirates' Who's Who by : PHILIP GOSSE
Download or read book The Pirates' Who's Who written by PHILIP GOSSE and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating and complete photograph "The Pirates' Who's Who" changed into made through the British naturalist and marine biologist Philip Gosse. Even though he had the equal name as his father, who changed into also an exquisite naturalist, this Philip Gosse turned into extra interested by marine records and piracy. The book is going into detail approximately the lives and adventures of famous pirates from history, giving short ancient sketches of those sea criminals. Gosse paints a shiny photograph of the people who terrorized the excessive seas at some stage in the Golden Age of Piracy, from famous pirates like Blackbeard to less famous however simply as thrilling characters. Gosse makes use of ancient information, first-hand bills of cash due, and legends to craft an exciting tale that looks into the pirates' motivations, moves, and deaths. The book isn't handiest a useful account of the past, however it also indicates how creative people have been all through that point by telling stories of bold raids, interesting adventures, and characters that have been bigger than existence. "The Pirates' Who's Who" is proof of Philip Gosse's thorough studies and ability as a storyteller. It offers readers an exciting and educational investigate the lives of the men and women who sailed underneath the black flag and left a long-lasting mark on maritime history.
Book Synopsis Letters of Robert MacKay to His Wife by : Walter Charlton Hartridge
Download or read book Letters of Robert MacKay to His Wife written by Walter Charlton Hartridge and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1949, this selection of letters between Robert Mackay, and his wife, Eliza Anne Mackay, provide unique insight into the life of a southern merchant during the early part of the nineteenth century. The Mackay's correspondence covers business, friendships, social life, and family, in addition to historical events unfolding at the time. The letters in this volume were sent from the Mackay's hometown of Savannah and from such port cities as Norfolk, Charleston, New York, London, and Liverpool.
Book Synopsis A History of Devonshire by : Richard Nicholls Worth
Download or read book A History of Devonshire written by Richard Nicholls Worth and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America by : Daniel Hoogland Carpenter
Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America written by Daniel Hoogland Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of Newcastle Upon Tyne by : Henry Bourne
Download or read book The History of Newcastle Upon Tyne written by Henry Bourne and published by . This book was released on 1736 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Female Tars written by Suzanne J. Stark and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wives and female guests of commissioned officers often went to sea in the sailing ships of Britain’s Royal Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries, but there were other women on board as well, rarely mentioned in print. Suzanne Stark thoroughly investigates the custom of allowing prostitutes to live with the crews of warships in port. She provides some judicious answers to questions about what led so many women to such an appalling fate and why the Royal Navy unofficially condoned the practice. She also offers some revealing firsthand accounts of the wives of warrant officers and seamen who spent years at sea living—and fighting—beside their men without pay or even food rations, and of the women in male disguise who served as seamen or marines. This lively history draws on primary sources and so gives an authentic view of life on board the ships of Britain’s old sailing navy and the social context of the period that served to limit roles open to lower-class women.
Book Synopsis Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Download or read book Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914 by : Charles Henry Chandler
Download or read book The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914 written by Charles Henry Chandler and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
