Kenneth Roberts: Boon Island, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Boon Island
- Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the Nottingham Gallery
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- Herausgeber:
- Jack Bales, Richard Warner
- Verlag:
- University Press of New England, 04/2026
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780874517446
- Artikelnummer:
- 6295046
- Umfang:
- 385 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 544 g
- Maße:
- 217 x 141 mm
- Stärke:
- 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 23.4.2026
- Hinweis
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Klappentext
This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, 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.