This classic study by the author of Battle Cries and Lullabies presents the whole panorama of women at sea. Warriors and whalers, traders and seagoing housewives, privateers and present day adventurers are captured in an exciting and often inspiring narrative.
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". . . .taken in total, the females on the open sea are an amazing lot not only because of their liberation from social expectations but also because of their sheer physical agility and endurance. This book should inspire teenagers as well as adults interested in the sea ." -- Best Sellers
". . . .timely and enthralling. . ." -- Horn Book
"Anyone who thinks history is dull should try reading Linda Grant De Pauw's Seafaring Women, which is full of astonishing facts as well as wit and humor. . . .This is the kind of delightful book that has a joke or anecdote every page or two that you will want to share with others. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"The anecdotes are vivid and the language is authentically of the sea. In seamless style, the author weaves one incident into another and laces it all with her own sense of humor in history." -- The Alexandria Port Packet
"When De Pauw covers a subject, she really covers it, as you would expect from a history professor. . . . What you might not expect from a writer who is also an historian is a lively writing style, but from De Pauw you get it. This book is fun to read." -- Navy Times
". . . .timely and enthralling. . ." -- Horn Book
"Anyone who thinks history is dull should try reading Linda Grant De Pauw's Seafaring Women, which is full of astonishing facts as well as wit and humor. . . .This is the kind of delightful book that has a joke or anecdote every page or two that you will want to share with others. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"The anecdotes are vivid and the language is authentically of the sea. In seamless style, the author weaves one incident into another and laces it all with her own sense of humor in history." -- The Alexandria Port Packet
"When De Pauw covers a subject, she really covers it, as you would expect from a history professor. . . . What you might not expect from a writer who is also an historian is a lively writing style, but from De Pauw you get it. This book is fun to read." -- Navy Times
About the Author
Linda Grant De Pauw is a Professor of History at the George Washington University and the founder and president of The MINERVA Center, an institution devoted to promoting women's military studies. She is the author of works of fiction and nonfiction including Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present, Founding Mothers: Women of America in the Revolutionary Era, and Baptism of Fire.
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A fresh view of women's participation in a major enterprise,
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This is a short, readable, heavily anecdotal account of women's history in sailing. It contains many amazing facts (e.g., The world's most successful pirate was a woman. The only teenager ever to captain a clipper ship around Cape Horn while pregnant was a woman.) The book gave me a different perspective on sailing and a different perspective on women's place in history. I wish the stories had been footnoted with sources, though. De Pauw explicitly cites sources in a handful of cases, but not in many others.
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Collection of true stories of female sailors and pirates.,
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This is a wonderful book of biographies of 19th century seafaring women. The women vary from female pirates, to merchant ship captains to the wives of captains who went to sea with their men. I have reread it several times and find it a delightful addition to nautical lore.
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The book arrived and it truly was in excellent condition. The stories included in Seafaring Women give one a view of women and the sea over time. Anyone with a love of the sea would enjoyed reading this book.
Linda
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