Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail
by Druett, Joan
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0285634488
- ISBN 13
- 9780285634480
- Seller
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Souvenir Press Ltd, 1998. New book, unread. 274 pages. Some shelf wear to jacket. This book is a remarkable collage of interesting (and sometimes horrifying) stories of hardships and heroism of captains wives and children on board ship during the Nineteenth Century. Drawing on first-person accounts from journals and letters, the book provides an insight into life on board from a different point of view. . Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000051
- Title
- Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail
- Author
- Druett, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0285634488
- ISBN 13
- 9780285634480
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SHIPPING INLAND WATERWAYS MERCHANT SEAMAN SAIL NINETEENTH CENTURE WOMEN WOODEN SHIPS
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Forestdale, Queensland
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