The captain's widow of Sandwich
Subtitle: self-invention and the life of Hannah Rebecca Burgess, 1834-1917
By: Megan Taylor Shockley
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780814783191
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rebecca's world : developing character; title: Becoming the captain's wife : crafting personas and defining relationships; title: Rebecca at sea : fashioning a new identity; title: Challenges and transitions : shifting identities; title: A new era, a new narrative; title: Visible and invisible : Rebecca's multiple identities; title: From legacy to legend.