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Buch (Softcover): Belletristik
Boon Island
Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the Nottingham Gallery
Verlag:
University Press of New England Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36025737
EAN: 9780874517446
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Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 42.–
Beschreibung
This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) drew his tale. A native Mainer, Roberts, whose historical novels include Northwest Passage and Arundel, was intrigued by the story of the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham. After running aground a dozen miles offshore, the ship broke up, stranding her crew with minimal tools, scant shelter, and a few pieces of cheese. The men survived nearly a month of screeching gales, sub-freezing temperatures, and driving snowstorms. During their ordeal they resorted to cannibalism and were finally rescued after one of them made it ashore on a crude raft. Included here are contemporary accounts from crew members, offering dramatically different versions of the true-life traumatic event and a fascinating counterpoint to Roberts' fictionalized version. A bestseller when published in 1956, Boon Island is a story of the ways that crisis can inspire the best-and worst-in human nature.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Kenneth Roberts
- Richard Warner
- Jack Bales
Zielgruppe
- Undergraduate
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 385