The Sea Journals Of Annie & Amy Henning
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At a time when women's voices were rarely preserved in the historical record, Annie and Amy Henning took pen to paper aboard the rolling seas, leaving behind a vivid and intimate chronicle of life on the ocean waves. The Sea Journals of Annie & Amy Henning presents the remarkable first-hand accounts of two women whose seafaring diaries paint a richly detailed portrait of maritime life in colonial-era Australia, capturing the drama, monotony, wonder, and peril of long ocean voyages with disarming candour and grace. Joan Thomas masterfully curates and contextualises these primary source documents, illuminating the social and historical world in which the Henning sisters sailed, while Lee McKay's evocative illustrations bring the age of sail to vivid life on the page. The journals stand as a testament to the resilience and keen observation of women navigating both literal and figurative uncharted waters, offering an invaluable window into 19th-century maritime history from a uniquely feminine perspective. For readers drawn to true stories of adventure, endurance, and the boundless sea, this volume poses an irresistible question: what else did these extraordinary women witness that history has yet to fully reckon with?
Author: Joan Thomas
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Halstead Press, John Ferguson, Sydney
Genre: Maritime history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At a time when women's voices were rarely preserved in the historical record, Annie and Amy Henning took pen to paper aboard the rolling seas, leaving behind a vivid and intimate chronicle of life on the ocean waves. The Sea Journals of Annie & Amy Henning presents the remarkable first-hand accounts of two women whose seafaring diaries paint a richly detailed portrait of maritime life in colonial-era Australia, capturing the drama, monotony, wonder, and peril of long ocean voyages with disarming candour and grace. Joan Thomas masterfully curates and contextualises these primary source documents, illuminating the social and historical world in which the Henning sisters sailed, while Lee McKay's evocative illustrations bring the age of sail to vivid life on the page. The journals stand as a testament to the resilience and keen observation of women navigating both literal and figurative uncharted waters, offering an invaluable window into 19th-century maritime history from a uniquely feminine perspective. For readers drawn to true stories of adventure, endurance, and the boundless sea, this volume poses an irresistible question: what else did these extraordinary women witness that history has yet to fully reckon with?