HEROINES AND HARLOTS by Cordingly, David ISBN 033048799X
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This history looks at women in the traditionally male domain of maritime life. There is Mary Patten who took command of a vessel and sailed it around Cape Horn at the age of 19. And Anne Bonny, who, disguised as a man, became a fearsome pirate before being sentenced to the gallows.
An intriguing portrait of women on the high seas. Women have always been involved in maritime life, but their stories have rarely, been told. David Cordingly looks at this 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 nineteen; 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 unique relationship between women and the sea.
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[edit] Title
HEROINES AND HARLOTS
[edit] Author
Cordingly, David
[edit] ISBN
033048799X
[edit] Published
10/05/2002
[edit] Publisher
Pan Books Ltd
[edit] Binding
paperback
[edit] Retail Price
7.99 (GBP)
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7.19 (GBP)
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