Women at Sea in the Age of Sail
- ISBN-10
- 1551092670
- ISBN-13
- 9781551092676
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Publisher
- Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus
- Author
- Donal Baird
Description
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many women experienced firsthand the perils and pleasures of life at sea. Here, these women recount, in their own words, their impressions of the exotic places they visited, the homes they made and the children they raised afloat on the seas.
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