Brave Vessel : The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown

by Woodward, Hobson (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780143117520
• ISBN10: 0143117521
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-29
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

In 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail aboard the Sea Venture, bound for the New World. Caught in a hurricane, the ship separated from its fleet and wrecked on uninhabited Bermuda, a bountiful island paradise its passengers would inhabit for nearly a year before reaching their intended destination, the famine-stricken colony of Jamestown. Following the life of this ordinary man and the extraordinary account he left of his odyssey, Hobson Woodward tells one of the neglected but defining stories of America's founding-and exposes it as the real-life inspiration for The Tempest, one of William Shakespeare's enduring masterpieces. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Hobson Woodward is an associate editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society and the author of numerous articles on American and literary history. He lives near Boston.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Poet of London	p. 1
Aboard for Jamestown	p. 12
Ocean Bound	p. 21
Hurricane	p. 32
Rogue Wave	p. 41
Devil's Land	p. 51
Angel's Garden	p. 62
New Life	p. 73
Rebellion	p. 85
Away to Virginia	p. 97
Relief from Home	p. 107
Forest People	p. 115
Blood in the Snow	p. 124
Poison	p. 134
Bound for England	p. 145
Blackfriars Surprise	p. 157
Bermuda Gbosts	p. 169
After the Storm	p. 181
Epilogue	p. 191
Acknowledgments	p. 201
Notes	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 241
Index	p. 259
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