The Captain's Widow of Sandwich : Self-Invention and the Life of Hannah Rebecca Burgess, 1834-1917.

The Captain's Widow of Sandwich : Self-Invention and the Life of Hannah Rebecca Burgess, 1834-1917.

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In 1852 Hannah Rebecca Crowell married sea captain William Burgess and set sail. Within three years, Rebecca Burgess had crossed the equator eleven times and learned to navigate a vessel. In 1856, 22-year-old Rebecca saved the ship Challenger as her husband lay dying from dysentery. The widow return...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Shockley, Megan Taylor
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Burgess, Hannah Rebecca, > 1834-1917 > Diaries.
Burgess, Hannah Rebecca, > 1834-1917.
Ship captains' spouses > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Middle class women > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Women > Massachusetts > Sandwich > Biography.
Seafaring life > Massachusetts > Sandwich > History > 19th century > Sources.
Autobiography > Women authors > Case studies.
Autobiography > Women authors.
Manners and customs.
Middle class women.
Seafaring life.
Ship captains' spouses.
Women.
Sandwich (Mass.) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Sources.
Massachusetts > Sandwich.
Biography.
Case studies.
Diaries.
History.
Sources.

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