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Hen Frigates
Joan Druett
其他書名
Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail
出版Simon & Schuster, 1998
主題History / GeneralHistory / WomenSocial Science / Women's StudiesSports & Recreation / Water Sports / SailingTransportation / GeneralTransportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General
ISBN06848396879780684839684
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xGfeemXtLF8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In the tradition of The Midwife's Tale and Pioneer Women -- an intimate portrait of the courageous wives of sailing ship captains in the last century, told for the first time in their own words, through journals and letters.Maritime historian Joan Druett takes us into the wildly colorful, dangerous, and most of all romantic world of seafaring women who left friends and families behind to join their husbands at sea.On board a "hen frigate" (any ship with the captain's wife aboard), a woman grappled with loneliness and boredom as she strove to create a home on a wind-driven freighter at sea. A deft historical interpreter, Druett interweaves the first-person accounts of these remarkable wives and daughters with the lyrical narrative of a sea journey -- from home port to foreign port. The true stories of what they encountered on their often amazing voyages -- from romantic, moonlit nights on deck to harrowing encounters with sea-sickness, storms, and even pirates -- are more fascinating thatany sailor's yarn.Lavishly illustrated with authentic seascape and maritime portraits, this path-breaking volume transports readers back to t