Outrageous Seas: Shipwreck and Survival in the Waters Off Newfoundland, 1583-1893 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780886293192)

Outrageous Seas is about that time, and about the harrowing, almost mythic, experience of shipwreck, near-shipwreck, and survival in waters off Newfoundland.

There was a time in history when the sea was as important as the land for defining a country's social and cultural identity. Outrageous Seas is about that time, and about the harrowing, almost mythic, experience of shipwreck, near-shipwreck, and survival in waters off Newfoundland. Travellers from many walks of life - explorers and missionaries, traders, fishers and mariners, Native Peoples, aristocrats and immigrants - have left rare and fascinating first-hand accounts of such disasters. Their narratives span four centuries and touch many historical sub-themes such as the appeal of religion in times of crisis, gender roles, and the ocean-as-workplace. Apart from its obvious scholarly appeal, this collection evokes psychic responses to calamity and brushes with death, perhaps the most universal experience of all.

Author: Rainer Baehre
ISBN-10: 0886293197
ISBN-13: 9780886293192
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/25/1999
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.75h x 6.01w x 1.14d

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2000 pg. 102 - Recommended/Regional General