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A Sea of Misadventures: Shipwreck and Survival in Early America (Studies in Maritime History)

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 | #889019 in Books |  2013-11-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.90 x6.10l,1.05 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| there is no need for reality television shows such as "Survivor" and the like.|By Steven Kieffer|A must read. This is the first collection of actual ship wreck accounts ever assembled in one book by a true scholar on the subject. With a book such as this, there is no need for reality television shows such as "Survivor" and the like.|1 of 3 people found the following review hel| |"…the text is an excellent quick read and serves as a good reminder that historical texts have their own social contexts that need to be kept in mind by those seeking to use or understand them in their own work."-- Heather Hatch

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A Sea of Misadventures examines more than one hundred documented shipwreck narratives from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century as a means to understanding gender, status, and religion in the history of early America. Though it includes all the drama and intrigue afforded by maritime disasters, the book's significance lies in its investigation of how the trauma of shipwreck affected American values and behavior. Through stories of death and devastation, Amy Mitchell...

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