Hen Frigates Passion and Peril, Nineteenth Century Women at Sea
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publish date: 05/01/1999
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During the last century and the early part of this one, hundreds of women accompanied their husbands on arduous, often perilous, journeys. Until now, however, they have been largely overlooked. In Hen Frigates Joan Druett -- the writer The Wall Street Journal called "a sort of distaff Patrick O'Brien" -- captures the colorful and dangerous world of the women who acted as helpmates and hostesses aboard ship, reared children on the high seas, and pitched in as navigators and sailors when the occasion demanded.
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Interweaving extensive historical research with first-person accounts that include tales of fending off lusty crew members and hair-raising records of raging storms, Hen Frigates illuminates a fascinating hidden corner of both maritime and women's history.
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