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Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Product Description: Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death...read more

By Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9781565124080 | Algonquin Books, June 8, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Describes how the crews of two different vessels became shipwrecked on opposite ends of the same deserted island and the very different experiences of the two groups--one of which through sheer determination and fortitude overcame the challenges of theirenvironment, while the other descended into complete anarchy.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781515902577 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 5, 2016), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand.

9781515952572 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 5, 2016), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand.

Deadly Shoals

Taking on the unexpected role of unofficial sheriff to assist a New England whaler in his search for his stolen schooner, Wiki Coffin, the navigator and cultural liaison for the U.S. Exploring Expedition finds his search for the unscrupulous trader who had sold the ship complicated by a corpse and a search for the victim's killer through the perils of the Rio Negro. 15,000 first printing.

By Joan Druett

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9780312353377 | Minotaur Books, December 10, 2007, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Taking on the unexpected role of unofficial sheriff to assist a New England whaler in his search for his stolen schooner, Wiki Coffin, the navigator and cultural liaison for the U.

Run Afoul

During a voyage to Brazil with the U.S. Exploring Expedition, half-Maori linguist Wiki Coffin is suddenly placed in the position of defending his father, larger-than-life Captain William Coffin, when William is placed on trial for the murders of two men and Wiki must work feverishly to uncover the real killers before it is too late. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

By Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9780312353360 | St Martins Pr, October 3, 2006, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: During a voyage to Brazil with the U.

Paperback:

9780312365622 | Reprint edition (Griffin, October 30, 2007), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: During a voyage to Brazil with the U.

Shark Island

Encountering the wreck of a sealing ship on the shoals of remote, uninhabited Shark Island, Wiki Coffin, linguist and peace officer aboard the U.S. Exploring Expedition, is stunned to discover the body of the ship's murdered captain, a crime in which Wiki's colleague and nemesis, Lieutenant Forsythe, becomes the prime suspect. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

By Joan Druett

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9780312334567 | Minotaur Books, October 1, 2005, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Encountering the wreck of a sealing ship on the shoals of Shark Island, linguist and peace officer Wiki Coffin discovers the body of the ship's murdered captain, a crime in which Wiki's colleague, Lieutenant Forsythe, is a prime suspect.

Paperback:

9780312361471 | Minotaur Books, October 3, 2006, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Encountering the wreck of a sealing ship on the shoals of remote, uninhabited Shark Island, Wiki Coffin, linguist and peace officer aboard the U.

A Watery Grave

Exonerated for a murder hours after an exploration convoy sets sail for the Pacific islands, ship linguist Wiki Coffin is sworn in as a deputy by a Virginia sheriff and sets out to catch up with his crewmates, one of whom is the real killer. A first novel. Reprint.

By Joan Druett

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9780312334413 | Minotaur Books, October 1, 2004, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Exonerated for a murder hours after an exploration convoy sets sail for the Pacific islands, ship linguist Wiki Coffin is made a deputy by a Virginia sheriff and sets out to catch up with his crewmates, one of whom is the real killer.

Paperback:

9780312334420 | Reprint edition (Minotaur Books, October 1, 2005), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Exonerated for a murder hours after an exploration convoy sets sail for the Pacific islands, ship linguist Wiki Coffin is sworn in as a deputy by a Virginia sheriff and sets out to catch up with his crewmates, one of whom is the real killer.

In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon

Recounts the story of the whaleship Sharon, whose captain was murdered by a trio of mutineers and whose remaining crew members died over the course of three subsequent years under mysterious circumstances. (view table of contents)

By Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9781565123472 | 1 edition (Algonquin Books, May 1, 2003), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Recounts the story of the whaleship Sharon, whose captain was murdered by a trio of mutineers and whose remaining crew members died over the course of three subsequent years under mysterious circumstances.

Paperback:

9781565124356 | Algonquin Books, January 4, 2004, cover price $19.95

CD/Spoken Word:

9781565117631 | Unabridged edition (Highbridge Co, April 28, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Recounts the story of the whaleship Sharon, whose captain was murdered by a trio of mutineers and whose remaining crew members died over the course of three subsequent years under mysterious circumstances.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781565117624 | Unabridged edition (Highbridge Co, May 1, 2003), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Recounts the story of the whaleship Sharon, whose captain was murdered by a trio of mutineers and whose remaining crew members died over the course of three subsequent years under mysterious circumstances.

Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920

Product Description: Joan Druett offers an informed and accessible account of little known stories of wives of whaling captains who accompanied their husbands on long and arduous journeys to bring whale oil and blubber to New England. Surprisingly, by 1850 roughly a sixth of all whaling vessels carried the captains' wives...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Joan Druett and Ron Druett (illustrator)

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9781584651598 | Univ Pr of New England, August 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Joan Druett offers an informed and accessible account of little known stories of wives of whaling captains who accompanied their husbands on long and arduous journeys to bring whale oil and blubber to New England.

Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail

Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on nineteenth-century whaling ships faced: the rudimentary tools they used, the treatments they had at their disposal, the sorts of people they encountered in their travels, and the dangers they faced under the harsh conditions of life at sea. (view table of contents)

By Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9780415924511 | Routledge, October 1, 2000, cover price $160.00 | About this edition: Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on nineteenth-century whaling ships faced: the rudimentary tools they used, the treatments they had at their disposal, the sorts of people they encountered in their travels, and the dangers they faced under the harsh conditions of life at sea.

Paperback:

9780415924528 | Routledge, October 1, 2001, cover price $41.95

She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea

Tells the stories of women sea captains, pirates, and ship owners from the sixth century B.C. to the nineteenth century. (view table of contents)

By Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9780684856902 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 2000, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Tells the stories of women sea captains, pirates, and ship owners from the sixth century B.

Paperback:

9780684856919 | Simon & Schuster, March 6, 2001, cover price $20.95 | About this edition: Tells the stories of women sea captains, pirates, and ship owners from the sixth century B.

9781568951294 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, January 1, 2001), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Long before women had the right to vote, earn money, or have lives of their own, "she captains" -- bold women distinguished for courageous enterprise on the high seas -- thrilled and terrorized their shipmates, performed acts of valor, and pirated with the best of their male counterparts.

Abigail

Product Description: Born at sea and raised in early nineteenth-century New Zealand, strong-willed Abigail Sherman is the daughter of the American owner of a shore-whaling station. Trouble with the English authorities prompts Captain Sherman to set Abigail on board a ship bound for Massachusetts, at the start of a series of hair-raising adventures that shifts from vicious mutinies to storms off Cape Horn, to encounters with militant womenâs rightists, to a murder trial in New Bedford...read more

By Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9780394565354 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1988, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The constraints of nineteenth-century society and the freedoms of the whaling trade centered in the person of Abigail Sherman, who seeks love, adventure, and treasure around the world

Paperback:

9780595132973 | Iuniverse Inc, November 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Born at sea and raised in early nineteenth-century New Zealand, strong-willed Abigail Sherman is the daughter of the American owner of a shore-whaling station.

9780553282436 | Bantam Books, July 1, 1989, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Inheriting her father's ship after his tragic demise, Abigail Sherman sets out on a quest for treasure, a search that leads to love with whaler Seth Morgan

Promise of Gold

Product Description: Orphaned and friendless in the primitive colony of New Zealand, actress-adventurer Harriet Gray lives on her wits until the day a message arrives from her brother, Royal, instructing her to charter a ship with a captain opportunistic enough to participate.

By Joan Druett

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Paperback:

9780595134229, titled "A Promise of Gold" | Authors Choice Pr, November 1, 2000, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Orphaned and friendless in the primitive colony of New Zealand, actress-adventurer Harriet Gray lives on her wits until the day a message arrives from her brother, Royal, instructing her to charter a ship with a captain opportunistic enough to participate.

9780553281972 | Bantam Books, October 1, 1990, cover price $4.95 | also contains Becoming Steve Jobs | About this edition: Trapped on a ship crewed by lusty sailors and a captain with no use for women, lovely English actress Harriet Gray faces claim jumpers, pirates, and thieves in a glorious quest for gold and love

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

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By Joan Druett

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9780684854342 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1999, cover price $17.99

Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail

Reconstructs the life of the courageous wives and daughters of sailing ship captains of the nineteenth century, who left everything behind to join their husbands at sea

By Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9780783804187 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, February 1, 1999), cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Reconstructs the life of the courageous wives and daughters of sailing ship captains of the nineteenth century, who left everything behind to join their husbands at sea

9780684839684 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1998, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Reconstructs the life of the courageous wives and daughters of sailing ship captains of the nineteenth century, who left everything behind to join their husbands at sea

The Sailing Circle: 19th Century Seafaring Women from New York

'The sister sailors of Long Island: prelimary list, 1826-1915'--p. 40-41.

By Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum (corporate author), Joan Druett, Three Village Historical Society (corporate author) and Mary Anne Wallace

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9780963636119 | Mystic Seaport Museum Inc, June 1, 1997, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: 'The sister sailors of Long Island: prelimary list, 1826-1915'--p.

Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920

By Joan Druett

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9781869500436 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1992, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Joan Druett offers an informed and accessible account of little known stories of wives of whaling captains who accompanied their husbands on long and arduous journeys to bring whale oil and blubber to New England.

"She Was a Sister Sailor": The Whaling Journals of Mary Brewster, 1845-1851

Product Description: Now in Mystic Seaport's G.W. Blunt White Library, Mary Brewster's journals are here published for the first time. As the most complete account of the female experience at sea, this volume will be of great interest to both scholars and enthusiasts of whaling and maritime history, Pacific history, and women's history...read more

By Mary Brewster and Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9780913372609 | 1 edition (Mystic Seaport Museum Inc, June 1, 1992), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Now in Mystic Seaport's G.

Exotic Intruders: The Introduction of Plants and Animals into New Zealand

Product Description: 1983 291 pages. Hardbound, xlib with usual signs, text in very good condition

By Joan Druett

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Hardcover:

9780868633978 | Intl Specialized Book Service Inc, December 1, 1983, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: 1983 291 pages.

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