Sidney Kaplan
Author
Pub. Date
[c1960]
Description
'It was unnecessary for all to perish, when, by the death of one, it was possible, and even probable, that the rest might be finally preserved.'
Travelling aboard a whaling vessel, a young stowaway is swept up in myriad misadventures - mutiny, shipwreck, cannibalism - narrowly escaping numerous brushes with death. This rousing story of a daring sea voyage also presents its antihero with a host of psychological dilemmas, and offers an important insight...
Author
Pub. Date
[1989]
Description
An expanded edition of the 1973 catalog for an exhibition by the National Portrait Gallery, discussing the presence of black people in different areas of colonial life, and including 180 illustrations, as well as excerpts from letters, journals, newspaper articles, and other documents from the period.