The Captain's Widow of Sandwich : Self-Invention and the Life of Hannah Rebecca Burgess, 1834-1917 /

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In 1852 Hannah Rebecca Crowell married sea captain William Burgess and set sail. Within three years, Rebecca Burgess had crossed the equator eleven times and learned to navigate a vessel. In 1856, 22-year-old Rebecca saved the ship Challenger as her husband lay dying from dysentery. The widow return...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shockley, Megan Taylor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2010]
Temas:
Autobiography > Women authors > Case studies.
Middle class women > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Seafaring life > Massachusetts > Sandwich > History > 19th century > Sources.
Ship captains' spouses > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Women > Identity > Case studies.
Women > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).
1852.
1856.
1917.
22-year-old.
Burgess.
Captains.
Challenger.
Crowell.
Hannah.
Massachusetts.
Megan.
Rebecca.
Sandwich.
Shockley.
Taylor.
Widow.
William.
Within.
captain.
constructed.
crossed.
died.
dying.
dysentery.
eleven.
embraced.
equator.
examines.
familys.
from.
history.
home.
husband.
learned.
legend.
marriage.
married.
navigate.
own.
proposals.
refused.
returned.
sail.
saved.
ship.
that.
three.
times.
town.
vessel.
wealthy.
where.
years.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author's Note on the Journals
  • Introduction
  • 1. Rebecca's World
  • 2. Becoming the Captain's Wife
  • 3. Rebecca at Sea
  • 4. Challenges and Transitions
  • 5. A New Era, a New Narrative
  • 6. Visible and Invisible
  • 7. From Legacy to Legend
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author

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