Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea by Joan Druett

Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea

Joan Druett

272 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
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A "hen frigate," traditionally, was any ship with the captain's wife on board. Hen frigates were miniature worlds -- wildly colorful, romantic, and dangerous. Here are the dramatic, true stories of what the remarkable women on board these vessels ...

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