A Brave Vessel
A Brave Vessel

Author: Hobson Woodward

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-06-29

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0143117521

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"At once a penetrating work of literary analysis and a riveting historical narrative." -Nathaniel Philbrick Merging maritime adventure and early colonial history, A Brave Vessel charts a little-known chapter of the past that offers a window on the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's greatest works. In 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail for the New World aboard the Sea Venture, only to wreck on the shores of Bermuda. Strachey's meticulous account of the tragedy, the castaways' time in Bermuda, and their arrival in a devastated Jamestown, remains among the most vivid writings of the early colonial period. Though Strachey had literary aspirations, only in the hands of another William would his tale make history as The Tempest-a fascinating connection across time and literature that Hobson Woodward brings vividly to life.

A Brave Vessel
A Brave Vessel

Author: Hobson Woodward

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780670020966

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Recounts the story of aspiring writer William Strachey, who was shipwrecked on Bermuda en route to the Jamestown settlement in 1609 and wrote of his experiences, which provided the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's great plays.

The Vessel's Blood
The Vessel's Blood

Author: Joseph Gorne

Publisher: The Gray's Scriptorium

Published: 2024-10-08

Total Pages: 615

ISBN-13: 1964897009

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Vulfrey's Life is Not His Own The Vessel, the great hope of the Vahndriin people. His is the body through which their Lord, Vahndestrus, might return to the world and bring with him promised salvation. And so too the role with which Vulfrey has been tasked since birth, the sole purpose of his existence. He's long accepted it. He was ready. However, on the eve of his twentieth birthday—the day that should have been his last—tragedy befalls the temple he'd spent his entire life caged within. Now, for the first time, he is thrust out into the world. Alone. Broken. And fleeing for his life. It's then that he finds an unlikely ally in Kaill, the son of the man who'd betrayed and nearly killed him. Together they set off, Vulfrey searching for a means to fulfill his duty and mend the wound torn in his people's faith, Kaill seeking penance for his father's deeds, and both falling prey to feelings doomed by the journey's end.

Ships and Shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores Region of Western Lake Huron
Ships and Shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores Region of Western Lake Huron

Author: John M. O'Shea

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0915703572

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Focusing on an area of coastline particularly known for vessel strandings, this volume includes histories of more than 50 lost vessels; a description of the remains of vessels and wreckage documented during archaeological research; an analysis of shoreline change in the last 150 years; and a model for matching wreckage to lost ships. This book will be of interest to archaeologists, historians, and anyone who loves the Great Lakes.