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1	She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist In an innovative look at maritime history from the female perspective, Joan Druett introduces a remarkable array of characters and re-creates their adventures with a captivating immediacy and wit. There are 'pirate queens' armed with cutlasses and pistols who strike fear into the hearts of sailors. There are sea-loving women and women eager to be ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist After more than a century of silence, the true story of one of history's most notorious mutinies aboard the whaleship "Sharon" revealed in a hair-raising tale of murder and madness on the high seas by an award-winning maritime historian. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Hen Frigates more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist In the tradition of "The Midwife's Tale" and "Pioneer Women" comes an intimate portrait of the courageous wives of sailing ship captains in the last century, told for the first time in their own words, through journals and letters. 100 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	A Watery Grave more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist The year is 1838, and after more than ten years in the planning, the famous United States Exploring Expedition is set to launch into uncharted waters from the coast of Virginia. A convoy of seven ships filled with astronomers, mapmakers, naturalists, and the sailors charged with getting them around the world, the "Ex. Ex." is finally underway, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.84! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Run Afoul more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist In this third seafaring mystery from nautical historian Joan Druett U.S. Exploring Expedition linguist Wiki Coffin sails with the famous convoy of ships toward Brazil, with no idea of the amazing events the fates and the winds have set in store for him.As the great flagship Vincennes, under the dubious command of eccentric captain Charles Wilkes, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
6	Deadly Shoals more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist Wiki Coffin plays many roles on the U.S. Exploring Expedition linguist, navigator, and, as half-Maori, cultural liaison - but when a New England whaler shows up, frantically looking for his stolen schooner, Wiki must take on the role of unofficial sheriff. The Expedition has reached the Rio Negros, an area famous for its rough gauchos and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| first editions
7	Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920 more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist First US Edition -- The first comprehensive book on whaling wives at sea written for a general audience. see all copies from $3.53! new only from $5.98! \| first editions
8	Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist Scurvy. Amputation. Tropical disease. Irritable captains. Mutinous crews. Such were the trials facing the men who shipped out as doctors on South Seas whalers in the early nineteenth century. Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men undergoing unbelievable hardships. In this lively and often ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $24.78! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Shark Island more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist William "Wiki" Coffin, the half-American, half-Maori serving both as linguist for the 1838 U.S. South Seas Naval Exploring Expedition on the good ship Swallow and as sheriff's deputy for the port of Virginia, turns sleuth again in this follow-up to A WATERY GRAVE. Pursuing reports of pirates to Shark Island, a small spot off the South American ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist Telling the true story of two similar shipwreck tragedies that have drastically different outcomes, award-winning maritime historian Druett tells a gripping cautionary tale about leadership, endurance, human ingenuity, and the tenuous line between order and chaos. see all copies from $14.51! new only from $76.02! \| first editions
11 view cover	Hen frigates : wives of merchant captains under sail more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	In the Wake of Madness more books like this by Joan Druett, Dennis Boutsikaris (Read by) add to wishlist After more than a century of silence, the true story of one of history'smost notorious mutinies aboard the whaleship "Sharon" revealed in a hair-raising tale of murder and madness on the high seas by an award-winning maritime historian. see all copies from $2.94! new only from $4.49!
13	She Was a Sister Sailor more books like this by Joan Druett (Editor), Mary Brewster add to wishlist Now in Mystic Seaport's G.W. Blunt White Library, Mary Brewster's journals are here published for the first time. As the most complete account of the female experience at sea, this volume will be of great interest to both scholars and enthusiasts of whaling and maritime history, Pacific history, and women's history. "She Was a Sister Sailor" was ... see all copies from $18.50! new only from $26.41! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Fulbright in New Zealand more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist see all copies from $2.13! signed copies \| first editions
15	The Sailing Circle: 19th Century Seafaring Women from New York more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist "The sister sailors of Long Island: prelimary list, 1826-1915"--p. 40-41. see all copies from $23.94!
16	Murder at the Brian Boru more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist see all copies from $7.85!
17	Exotic Intruders: The Introduction of Plants and Animals Into New Zealand more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist see all copies from $32.50! first editions
18 view cover	Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist A maritime history that considers the part played behind the scenes by sea captains' wives, who often accompanied their husbands on voyages and almost always managed the family business affairs on shore. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.66! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Abigail more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist Born at sea, Abigail is the boisterous daughter of whaler Captain Sherman. Despite her father's attempts to turn her into the genteel girl she ought to be, her love of the ocean and the twists of fate and fortune conspire against him. Joan Druett steers us through her tempestous voyage into womanhood. Joan Druett won the PEN prize for her first ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	A Promise of Gold more books like this by Joan Druett add to wishlist California in the 19th century - the destiny of everyone infected with the fever of the gold rush. The master and crew of the brig "Hakluyt" were no exception, even though they had Harriet Gray on board. This woman has no ordinary part to play towards the beckoning promise of yellow gold. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Island of the Lost-a Harrowing True Story of Shipwreck, Death and Survival on a Godforsaken Island at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett add to wishlist In January 1864, five seamen from the wrecked schooner Graftonare were stranded on an isolated speck of land some 300 miles south of New Zealand. Battling ferocious winds, relentless freezing rain and an impenetrable coastal forest, their chances of survival are slim. But under the leadership of Captain Thomas Musgrave, they miraculously cling to ... see all copies from $32.47! new only from $32.47!

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