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- catalog abstract "This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) drew his tale. A native Mainer, Roberts, whose historical novels include Northwest Passage and Arundel, was intrigued by the story of the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham. After running aground a dozen miles offshore, the ship broke up, stranding her crew with minimal tools, scant shelter, and a few pieces of cheese. The men survived nearly a month of screeching gales, sub-freezing temperatures, and driving snowstorms. During their ordeal they resorted to cannibalism and were finally rescued after one of them made it ashore on a crude raft. Included here are contemporary accounts from crew members, offering dramatically different versions of the true-life traumatic event and a fascinating counterpoint to Roberts' fictionalized version. A bestseller when published in 1956, Boon Island is a story of the ways that crisis can inspire the best - and worst - in human nature.".
- catalog contributor b9124190.
- catalog contributor b9124191.
- catalog contributor b9124192.
- catalog coverage "Boon Island (Me.) Fiction.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "A bestseller when published in 1956, Boon Island is a story of the ways that crisis can inspire the best - and worst - in human nature.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Preface / Richard Warner -- Going to the Sources for Historical and Literary Explanation / Philip N. Cronenwett -- pt. I. The Wreck of the Nottingham Galley. Captain John Deane and the Wreck of the Nottingham Galley / Richard Warner. The Jasper Deane Account (1711). The Langman Account (1711). The John Deane Account (Revis'd) (1726) -- pt. II. Kenneth Roberts and Boon Island. Kenneth Roberts and Boon Island: A Study of Historical and Literary Perception / Jack Bales -- Boon Island / Kenneth Roberts.".
- catalog description "The men survived nearly a month of screeching gales, sub-freezing temperatures, and driving snowstorms. During their ordeal they resorted to cannibalism and were finally rescued after one of them made it ashore on a crude raft. Included here are contemporary accounts from crew members, offering dramatically different versions of the true-life traumatic event and a fascinating counterpoint to Roberts' fictionalized version.".
- catalog description "This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) drew his tale. A native Mainer, Roberts, whose historical novels include Northwest Passage and Arundel, was intrigued by the story of the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham. After running aground a dozen miles offshore, the ship broke up, stranding her crew with minimal tools, scant shelter, and a few pieces of cheese.".
- catalog extent "xii, 373 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Boon Island.".
- catalog identifier "0874517443 (pa : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Boon Island.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England,".
- catalog relation "Boon Island.".
- catalog spatial "Boon Island (Me.) Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Maine Boon Island".
- catalog subject "813/.52 20".
- catalog subject "Nottingham (Galley) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Nottingham Galley (Merchant ship) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS3535.O176 B66 1996".
- catalog subject "Shipwreck survival Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Shipwrecks Maine Boon Island History 18th century Fiction.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface / Richard Warner -- Going to the Sources for Historical and Literary Explanation / Philip N. Cronenwett -- pt. I. The Wreck of the Nottingham Galley. Captain John Deane and the Wreck of the Nottingham Galley / Richard Warner. The Jasper Deane Account (1711). The Langman Account (1711). The John Deane Account (Revis'd) (1726) -- pt. II. Kenneth Roberts and Boon Island. Kenneth Roberts and Boon Island: A Study of Historical and Literary Perception / Jack Bales -- Boon Island / Kenneth Roberts.".
- catalog title "Boon Island : including contemporary accounts of the wreck of the Nottingham Galley / Kenneth Roberts ; edited by Jack Bales and Richard Warner.".
- catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "Sea stories. gsafd".
- catalog type "Sea stories.".
- catalog type "text".