A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Saved Jamestown
by Woodward, Hobson
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0143117521
- ISBN 13
- 9780143117520
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Synopsis
"At once a penetrating work of literary analysis and a riveting historical narrative." -Nathaniel Philbrick Merging maritime adventure and early colonial history, A Brave Vessel charts a little-known chapter of the past that offers a window on the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's greatest works. In 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail for the New World aboard the Sea Venture , only to wreck on the shores of Bermuda. Strachey's meticulous account of the tragedy, the castaways' time in Bermuda, and their arrival in a devastated Jamestown, remains among the most vivid writings of the early colonial period. Though Strachey had literary aspirations, only in the hands of another William would his tale make history as The Tempest -a fascinating connection across time and literature that Hobson Woodward brings vividly to life.
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- Reading Rat (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRAB1667
- Title
- A Brave Vessel
- Author
- Woodward, Hobson
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143117521
- ISBN 13
- 9780143117520
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- American history Shakespeare Bermuda
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