Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female

Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives

For centuries, the sea has been regarded as a male domain, but in this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains; others were smuggled aboard by officers or seamen. And Cordingly has unearthed stories of a number of young women who dressed in menâ€™s clothes and worked alongside sailors for months, sometimes years, without ever revealing their gender. His tremendous research shows that there was indeed a thriving female populationâ€”from pirates to the sirens of myth and
legendâ€”on and around the high seas. A landmark work of womenâ€™s history disguised as a spectacularly entertaining yarn, Women Sailors and Sailorâ€™s Women will surprise and delight.
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780375758720
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2002-03-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375758720

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780375758720
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2002-03-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375758720

Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives