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Woodward, Hobson.

A brave vessel : the true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown / True tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown Hobson Woodward. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2009. - xiv, 268 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.

Poet of London -- Aboard for Jamestown -- Ocean bound -- Hurricane -- Rogue wave -- Devil's land -- Angel's garden -- New life -- Rebellion -- Away to Virginia -- Relief from home -- Forest people -- Blood in the snow -- Poison -- Bound for England -- Blackfriars surprise -- Bermuda ghosts -- After the storm.

Recounts the story of aspiring writer William Strachey, who was shipwrecked on Bermuda en route to the Jamestown settlement in 1609 and wrote of his experiences, which provided the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's plays (The Tempest).

ISBN: 9780143117520 0143117521

Subjects--Personal Names:
Strachey, William, 1572?-1621.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
Strachey, William, 1572?-1621.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Sea Venture (Ship)
Sea Venture (Ship)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Tempest (Shakespeare, William)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1600 - 1775

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shipwrecks--History--Bermuda Islands--17th century.
Seafaring life--History--17th century.
British colonies.
Seafaring life.
Shipwrecks.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Jamestown (Va.)--History--17th century.
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.
Great Britain--Colonies--History--America--17th century.
America.
Bermuda Islands.
Virginia.
Virginia--Jamestown.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: F 234 .J3 W65 2009