Boon Island: Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the Nottingham Galley - Couverture souple

Roberts, Professor Of Sociology Kenneth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0874517443 ISBN 13 : 9780874517446

Editeur : University Press of New England, 1995

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Book by Roberts Kenneth

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University Press of New England
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0874517443
• ISBN 13: 9780874517446
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 385