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Lädt ... Women Sailors and Sailors' Women: An Untold Maritime Historyvon David Cordingly
![]() Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. In this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that in fact an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains. A few were smuggled aboard by officers or seaman. A number of cases have come to light of young women dressing in men’s clothes and working alongside the sailors for months, and sometimes years. In the U.S. and British navies, it was not uncommon for the wives of bosuns, carpenters, and cooks to go to sea on warships. Cordingly’s tremendous research shows that there was indeed a thriving female population — from female pirates to the sirens of legend — on and around the high seas. A landmark work of women’s history disguised as a spectacularly entertaining yarn, Women’s Sailors and Sailor’s Women will surprise and delight readers. I found this book a fairly enjoyable read. I learned a lot and in a fun-loving to learn way. The author documented his sources very well which lends itself to being a very good authority on the subject. Yet, the reader isn't left to slog through stale facts. I felt like I was living the events with history's participants and enjoyed the experience. There were a few times I felt like the author was going off on a tangent, and a few chapters felt very out of place and dropped me out of the information flow in a bad way. And I felt this book suffered from a severe lack of a conclusion. I wasn't expecting a reiteration of facts, but maybe some final thoughts or conclusions? But the final chapter just ends with no wrapping up at all. A fairly good book on the subject matter on hand, one that doesn't have a lot of material out there that I can see, anyway. Very readable but does suffer some flaws. Recommended, though, if you're just looking to learn a few things from the era. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
For centuries, the sea has been regarded as a male domain, but in this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains; others were smuggled aboard by officers or seamen. And Cordingly has unearthed stories of a number of young women who dressed in men's clothes and worked alongside sailors for months, sometimes years, without ever revealing their gender. His tremendous research shows that there was indeed a thriving female population--from pirates to the sirens of myth and legend--on and around the high seas. A landmark work of women's history disguised as a spectacularly entertaining yarn, Women Sailors and Sailor's Women will surprise and delight. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I enjoyed this more than Cordingly's "Under the Black Flag," in fact, I read several dramatic of the harrowing stories included out loud to my fiancé. The four star, instead of five, is only because two chapters focused on the love life of Admiral Nelson and John Paul Jones, which seemed out of place. Emma Hamilton was included of course, but their stories didn't quite fit the theme at the end. However, the book does cover every kind of woman at sea, by the sea, or related to the sea. Dockyard prostitutes, sailors' wives, whalers' wives, captains' wives, native women, female pirates and even lighthouse women! The latter was especially interesting to me, and Cordingly's enthusiasm makes it one of the best chapters. Narratively, this one was so much better than his "Under the Black Flag" because each chapter has a theme rather than enforcing a chronological order. This aspect of women's history is often overlooked, so I appreciated Cordingly's research! (