Boon Island

Name: Boon Island
Brand: University Press of New England
SKU: 9780874517446
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Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the Nottingham Gallery

Autor: Kenneth Roberts

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Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: University Press of New England

Dostupnosť: Skladom u dodávateľa v malom množstve

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This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide...

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Autor

Kenneth Roberts

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

1995

Stránok

385

EAN

9780874517446

ISBN

9780874517446

Enbook ID

06310051

Vydavateľ

University Press of New England

Hmotnosť

544

Rozmery

140 x 216 x 28

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This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) drew his tale. A native Mainer, Roberts, whose historical novels include Northwest Passage and Arundel, was intrigued by the story of the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham. After running aground a dozen miles offshore, the ship broke up, stranding her crew with minimal tools, scant shelter, and a few pieces of cheese. The men survived nearly a month of screeching gales, sub-freezing temperatures, and driving snowstorms. During their ordeal they resorted to cannibalism and were finally rescued after one of them made it ashore on a crude raft. Included here are contemporary accounts from crew members, offering dramatically different versions of the true-life traumatic event and a fascinating counterpoint to Roberts' fictionalized version. A bestseller when published in 1956, Boon Island is a story of the ways that crisis can inspire the best--and worst--in human nature.

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