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A Sea of Misadventures : Shipwreck and Survival in Early America.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Maritime History SeriesPublisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611173024
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Sea of MisadventuresDDC classification:
  • 910.9163/0903
LOC classification:
  • G525 .M564 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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