TY - BOOK AU - Williams,William AU - Wadsworth,Sarah AU - Dickason,David Howard ED - Project Muse, ED - Project Muse. TI - Mr. Penrose: the journal of Penrose, seaman SN - 9780253010520 AV - PS875.W3 M77 2013 U1 - 813/.1 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Baltimore, Maryland PB - Project Muse KW - Authors, American KW - 18th century KW - American fiction KW - Electronic books KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE; Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-410) N2 - Long neglected as the first American novel, Mr. Penrose narrates the adventures of a British youth who flees an unhappy home life to seek his fortune on the high seas. Having learned the sailor's trade, Penrose survives a series of nautical mishaps, only to be cast adrift on the Mosquito Coast. When rescue finally comes, Penrose refuses to abandon the new home he has made among the Indians UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253010520/ ER -