A brave vessel : the true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown and inspired Shakespeare's The tempest / Hobson Woodward.
2009
F234.J3 W65 2009 (Mapit)
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A brave vessel : the true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown and inspired Shakespeare's The tempest / Hobson Woodward.
Author
Woodward, Hobson.
ISBN
9780670020966
0670020966
0670020966
Publication Details
New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xii, 268 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
F234.J3 W65 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
910.9163/48
Summary
Recounts the story of aspiring writer William Strachey, who was shipwrecked on Bermuda en route to the Jamestown settlement in 1609 and wrote of his experiences, which provided the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's great plays.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Poet of London
Aboard for Jamestown
Ocean bound
Hurricane
Rogue wave
Devil's land
Angel's garden
New life
Rebellion
Away to Virginia
Relief from home
Forest people
Blood in the snow
Poison
Bound for England
Blackfriars surprise
Bermuda ghosts
After the storm.
Aboard for Jamestown
Ocean bound
Hurricane
Rogue wave
Devil's land
Angel's garden
New life
Rebellion
Away to Virginia
Relief from home
Forest people
Blood in the snow
Poison
Bound for England
Blackfriars surprise
Bermuda ghosts
After the storm.