My Year Before the Mast

by Annette Brock Davis

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In 1933, a young Canadian woman rejected the expectations of society and her upper-class family and became a crew member aboard one of the last great four-masted sailing vessels that still plied the ocean.

It was not an easy task. Young Annette had to fight pressures from her family, rejection from schools of navigation, and doubts from ship owners. When she finally found a berth as an apprentice seaman, she faced hostility from officers...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0888822073

ISBN13:9780888822079

Release Date:April 1999

Publisher:Dundurn Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Canadian Historical Politics & Social Sciences Ships Social Sciences Specific Groups Transportation Women

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