TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mitchell-Cook,Amy
TI  - A Sea of Misadventures: Shipwreck and Survival in Early America
T2  - Studies in Maritime History Series
SN  - 9781611173024
AV  - G525 .M564 2013 
U1  - 910.9163/0903 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of South Carolina Press
KW  - Shipwrecks-America-History
KW  - Survival at sea-America-History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1 Fact or Fiction? The Publication of American Shipwreck Narratives -- 2 The Legalities of Loss, Wreck, and Ruin -- 3 God, Nature, and the Role of Religion in Shipwreck -- 4 They Worked Like Horses but Behaved Like Men -- 5 To Honor Their Worth, Beauty, and Accomplishments -- 6 Chaos and Cannibalism on the High Seas -- 7 Portuguese Narratives: A Comparative Perspective -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
N2  - In an elaboration of some of the themes, Mitchell-Cook compares American narratives with Portuguese narratives to reveal the power of divergent cultural norms to shape so basic an event as a shipwreck
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ER  -