Author: Kenneth Roberts
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0307822346
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted 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.
Author: Stephen A. Erickson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762790792
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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The wreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island and the resultant rumors of insurance fraud, mutiny, treason, and cannibalism was one of the most sensational stories of the early 18th century. Shortly after departing England with Captain John Deane at the helm, his brother Jasper and another investor aboard, and a skeleton crew, the ship encountered French privateers on her way to Ireland, where she then lingered for weeks picking up cargo. They eventually headed into the North Atlantic later in the season than was reasonably safe and found themselves shipwrecked on the notorious Boon Island, just off the New England coast. Captain Deane offered one version of the events that led them to the barren rock off the coast of Maine; his crew proposed another. The story contains mysteries that endure to this day, yet no contemporary non-fiction account of the story exists. In the hands of skilled storytellers Andrew Vietze and Stephen Erickson, this becomes a historical adventure-mystery that will appeal to readers of South and The Perfect Storm.
Author: Kenneth Lewis Roberts
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Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Author: K. Roberts
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449308134
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Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Author: William A. Pratt
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Author: United States. Light-House Board
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Category : Lighthouses
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Author: Kenneth Lewis Roberts
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Languages : en
Pages : 275
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Author: William A. Pratt
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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