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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shockley, Megan Taylor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Burgess, Hannah Rebecca, > 1834-1917 > Diaries.
Burgess, Hannah Rebecca, > 1834-1917
1800-1899
Ship captains' spouses > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Middle class women > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Women > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Seafaring life > Massachusetts > Sandwich > History > 19th century > Sources.
Autobiography > Women authors > Case studies.
Capitaines de navire > Conjoints > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biographies.
Femmes de la classe moyenne > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biographies.
Femmes > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biographies.
Vie en mer > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Histoire > 19e siècle > Sources.
Écrits de femmes autobiographiques > Études de cas.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Autobiography > Women authors
Manners and customs
Middle class women
Seafaring life
Ship captains' spouses
Women
Sandwich (Mass. : Town) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Sources.
Massachusetts > Sandwich
Biographies
Case studies
Diaries
History
Sources
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