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

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shockley, Megan Taylor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Burgess, Hannah Rebecca, > 1834-1917 > Diaries.
Burgess, Hannah Rebecca, > 1834-1917.
Autobiography > Women authors > Case studies.
Women > Identity > Case studies.
Seafaring life > Massachusetts > Sandwich > History > 19th century > Sources.
Women > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Middle class women > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Ship captains' spouses > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Sandwich (Mass.) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Sources.
Sandwich (Mass.) > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rebecca's world : developing character
  • Becoming the captain's wife : crafting personas and defining relationships
  • Rebecca at sea : fashioning a new identity
  • Challenges and transitions : shifting identities
  • A new era, a new narrative
  • Visible and invisible : Rebecca's multiple identities
  • From legacy to legend.

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