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Woman, captain, rebel : the extraordinary true story of a daring Icelandic sea captain / Margaret Willson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Naperville : Sourcebooks, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: xxix, 392 pages : map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781728240053
  • 1728240050
Other title:
  • Extraordinary true story of a daring Icelandic sea captain
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Contents:
List of Key Characters -- A Note on Icelandic Names and Other Considerations -- A Preface of Discovery -- Hell Resurrected: A Prologue -- Daring to Be Different -- What Price Survival? -- Uncertain Territory -- Compromises of Honor -- Dark Shadows Amid Joy -- In the Pale Deep of Swans -- Naked Wind -- Reckonings -- Betrayal Is a Many-Colored Cloak -- Commanding Turbulence -- Intimate Blackmail -- Choices of Consequence -- The Bitter Bite of Regret -- Strange Happenings -- Malice Is a Many-Headed Hydra -- A Rising Scent of Murder -- Do Angels Steal? -- How Does One Know God? -- In the Belly of the Beast -- The Devils Are Dancing -- Stand Proud, Man Alive! -- Establishing Escapes -- Fury Unbound -- Is Peace Possible? -- Ascending Mountains -- Fate Listens to No One -- Fiery Reins of the Sea -- What Is Home? -- A Guide for All Seasons -- Intrepid Traveler -- The Power of a Simple Scrawl -- Guardian Angel -- An Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Reading Group Guide -- A Conversation with the Author -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: "A daring and magnificent account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality-and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies. Many people may have heard the old sailing superstition that having women onboard a ship was bad luck. Thus, the sea remains in popular knowledge a male realm. When we think of examples of daring sea captains, swashbuckling pirates, or wise fishermen, many men come to mind. Cultural anthropologist Margaret Willson would like to introduce a fearless woman into our imagination of the sea: Thurídur Einarsdóttir. Captain Thurídur was a controversial woman constantly contesting social norms while simultaneously becoming a respected captain fighting for dignity and equality for underrepresented Icelanders. Both horrifying and magnificent, this story will captivate readers from the first page and keep them thinking long after they turn the last page"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality-and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies.

Every day was a fight for survival, equality, and justice for Iceland's most renowned female fishing captain of the 19th century.

History would have us believe the sea has always been a male realm, the idea of female captains almost unthinkable. But there is one exception, so notable she defies any expectation.

This is her remarkable story.

Captain Thuridur, born in Iceland in 1777, lived a life that was both controversial and unconventional. Her first time fishing, on the open unprotected rowboats of her time, was at age 11. Soon after, she audaciously began wearing trousers. She later became an acclaimed fishing captain brilliant at weather-reading and seacraft and consistently brought in the largest catches. In the Arctic seas where drownings occurred with terrifying regularity, she never lost a single crewmember. Renowned for her acute powers of observation, she also solved a notorious crime. In this extremely unequal society, she used the courts to fight for justice for the abused, and in her sixties, embarked on perilous journeys over trackless mountains.

Weaving together fastidious research and captivating prose, Margaret Willson reveals Captain Thuridur's fascinating story, her extraordinary courage, intelligence, and personal integrity.

Through adventure, oppression, joy, betrayal, and grief, Captain Thuridur speaks a universal voice. Here is a woman so ahead of her times she remains modern and inspirational today. Her story can now finally be told.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Key Characters -- A Note on Icelandic Names and Other Considerations -- A Preface of Discovery -- Hell Resurrected: A Prologue -- Daring to Be Different -- What Price Survival? -- Uncertain Territory -- Compromises of Honor -- Dark Shadows Amid Joy -- In the Pale Deep of Swans -- Naked Wind -- Reckonings -- Betrayal Is a Many-Colored Cloak -- Commanding Turbulence -- Intimate Blackmail -- Choices of Consequence -- The Bitter Bite of Regret -- Strange Happenings -- Malice Is a Many-Headed Hydra -- A Rising Scent of Murder -- Do Angels Steal? -- How Does One Know God? -- In the Belly of the Beast -- The Devils Are Dancing -- Stand Proud, Man Alive! -- Establishing Escapes -- Fury Unbound -- Is Peace Possible? -- Ascending Mountains -- Fate Listens to No One -- Fiery Reins of the Sea -- What Is Home? -- A Guide for All Seasons -- Intrepid Traveler -- The Power of a Simple Scrawl -- Guardian Angel -- An Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Reading Group Guide -- A Conversation with the Author -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index -- About the Author.

"A daring and magnificent account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality-and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies. Many people may have heard the old sailing superstition that having women onboard a ship was bad luck. Thus, the sea remains in popular knowledge a male realm. When we think of examples of daring sea captains, swashbuckling pirates, or wise fishermen, many men come to mind. Cultural anthropologist Margaret Willson would like to introduce a fearless woman into our imagination of the sea: Thurídur Einarsdóttir. Captain Thurídur was a controversial woman constantly contesting social norms while simultaneously becoming a respected captain fighting for dignity and equality for underrepresented Icelanders. Both horrifying and magnificent, this story will captivate readers from the first page and keep them thinking long after they turn the last page"-- Provided by publisher.

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