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In an innovative look at maritime history from the female perspective, Joan Druett introduces a remarkable array of characters and re-creates their adventures with a captivating immediacy and wit. There are 'pirate queens' armed with cutlasses and pistols who strike fear into the hearts of sailors. There are sea-loving women and women eager to be with the men they loved, who dress as men and join unsuspecting crews where they serve with honour and daring. The brave housekeepers and rescue workers are here too - including twenty year old Grace Darling, whose rescue of nine castaways in 1838 inspired a torrent of books, songs and poemss. Finally, 'A Woman at the Helm' shines a spotlight on the long line of 'she captains' who conquered dangerous seas and commanded rough crews, often displaying fortitude lacking in many of their male counterparts.
In an innovative look at maritime history from the female perspective, Joan Druett introduces a remarkable array of characters and re-creates their adventures with a captivating immediacy and wit. There are 'pirate queens' armed with cutlasses and pistols who strike fear into the hearts of sailors. There are sea-loving women and women eager to be with the men they loved, who dress as men and join unsuspecting crews where they serve with honour and daring. The brave housekeepers and rescue workers are here too - including twenty year old Grace Darling, whose rescue of nine castaways in 1838 inspired a torrent of books, songs and poemss. Finally, 'A Woman at the Helm' shines a spotlight on the long line of 'she captains' who conquered dangerous seas and commanded rough crews, often displaying fortitude lacking in many of their male counterparts.
Über den Autor
Joan Druett is an independent maritime historian and writer, married to Ron Druett, a highly regarded maritime artist. In 1986 she travelled to museums in the United States on a Fulbright Cultural Fellowship, to research the lives of women at sea. This led to three ground-breaking books, Petticoat Whalers, She Was a Sister Sailor, and Hen Frigates, all prize-winners. She Was a Sister Sailor received the John Lyman Award for Best Book of Maritime History; Petticoat Whalers (with a later book, She Captains) won the L. Byrne Waterman Award, and Hen Frigates received a New York Public Library Best Book to Remember Award.
In 1992, with the aid of a Creative New Zealand grant, Joan returned to the United States, where she was a consultant for a museum exhibit, "The Sailing Circle," which received the Albert Corey Award, which is infrequently granted by the American Association for State and Local History for works "that best display the qualities of vigor, scholarship, and imagination."
Returning to New Zealand in 1996, another Creative New Zealand grant enabled her to research castaway depots and wrecks in the sealing islands of the sub-Antarctic. This led to a Stout Fellowship at Victoria University, which she took up in 2001, and a best-selling book about a double wreck on Auckland Island in 1865, Island of the Lost, which has become a classic in the castaway genre, and is used as a text in universities in the United States and Australia.
In 2009, a major Creative New Zealand grant enabled her to research the life of Tupaia, the extraordinary priest, orator and navigator, who guided Captain Cook on the Endeavour voyage, both at sea and through tricky intercultural situations on land, particularly in New Zealand, where Tupaia's actions undoubtedly saved lives, both Maori and European.
In 1992, with the aid of a Creative New Zealand grant, Joan returned to the United States, where she was a consultant for a museum exhibit, "The Sailing Circle," which received the Albert Corey Award, which is infrequently granted by the American Association for State and Local History for works "that best display the qualities of vigor, scholarship, and imagination."
Returning to New Zealand in 1996, another Creative New Zealand grant enabled her to research castaway depots and wrecks in the sealing islands of the sub-Antarctic. This led to a Stout Fellowship at Victoria University, which she took up in 2001, and a best-selling book about a double wreck on Auckland Island in 1865, Island of the Lost, which has become a classic in the castaway genre, and is used as a text in universities in the United States and Australia.
In 2009, a major Creative New Zealand grant enabled her to research the life of Tupaia, the extraordinary priest, orator and navigator, who guided Captain Cook on the Endeavour voyage, both at sea and through tricky intercultural situations on land, particularly in New Zealand, where Tupaia's actions undoubtedly saved lives, both Maori and European.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Introduction
One: The Warrior-Queens
Two: The Valkyria
Three: Mistress Cowtie and the Pirates
Four: Pirate Queens
Five: Captured by Corsairs
Six: The Widows
Seven: Bonny & Read
Eight: "The Naked Truth"
Nine: Ship's Business
Ten: Fatal Shores
Eleven: Fatal Impact
Twelve: The Deceit of Dress
Thirteen: Decently Skirted
Fourteen: War Bride
Fifteen: Women of War
Sixteen: Nelson's Women
Seventeen: Voyages of Discovery
Eighteen: To the Rescue!
Nineteen: Northwest Passage
Twenty: Ice Queens
Twenty-one: A Woman at the Helm
Editorial Note
Sources
Index
Introduction
One: The Warrior-Queens
Two: The Valkyria
Three: Mistress Cowtie and the Pirates
Four: Pirate Queens
Five: Captured by Corsairs
Six: The Widows
Seven: Bonny & Read
Eight: "The Naked Truth"
Nine: Ship's Business
Ten: Fatal Shores
Eleven: Fatal Impact
Twelve: The Deceit of Dress
Thirteen: Decently Skirted
Fourteen: War Bride
Fifteen: Women of War
Sixteen: Nelson's Women
Seventeen: Voyages of Discovery
Eighteen: To the Rescue!
Nineteen: Northwest Passage
Twenty: Ice Queens
Twenty-one: A Woman at the Helm
Editorial Note
Sources
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2001 |
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Genre: | Importe, Soziologie |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780684856919 |
ISBN-10: | 0684856913 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Druett, Joan |
Illustrator: | Druett, Ron |
Hersteller: | Touchstone |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Joan Druett |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.03.2001 |
Gewicht: | 0,437 kg |