She Captains – Heroines and Hellions of the Sea

She Captains – Heroines and Hellions of the Sea

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Name: She Captains – Heroines and Hellions of the Sea
Format: epub
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Book:

Title: She Captains
Author: Joan Druett
Language: English
Year: 2000
Subjects: Maritime History
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780684856919
Total pages: 304

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With her pistols loaded she went aboardAnd by her side hung a glittering sword
In her belt two daggers, well armed for war
Was this female smuggler
Was this female smuggler who never feared a scar.

If a "hen frigate" was any ship carrying a captain’s wife, then a "she captain" is a bold woman distinguished for courageous enterprise in the history of the sea. "She captains," who infamously possessed the "bodies of women and the souls of men," thrilled and terrorized their shipmates, doing "deeds beyond the valor of women." Some were "bold and crafty pirates with broadsword in hand." Others were sirens, too, like the Valkyria Princess Alfhild, whom the mariners made rover-captain for her beauty. Like their male counterparts, these astonishing women were drawn to the ocean’s beauty — and its danger.
In her inimitable, yarn-spinning style, award-winning historian Joan Druett tells us what life was like for the women who dared to captain s…

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