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020 _a9780253010520
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_cMdBmJHUP
050 4 _aPS875.W3
_bM77 2013
082 0 4 _a813/.1
_223
100 1 _aWilliams, William,
_d1727-1791,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMr. Penrose
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe journal of Penrose, seaman /
_cWilliam Williams ; introduction and notes by David Howard Dickason ; afterword by Sarah Wadsworth.
250 _aThird edition.
260 _aBaltimore, Maryland :
_bProject Muse,
_c2013
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
260 _aBloomington, Indiana :
_bIndiana University Press,
_c[2013]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (1 PDF (411 pages) :)
_billustrations, facsimiles, map
500 _aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 407-410).
520 _aLong 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
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aAuthors, American
_y18th century.
650 0 _aAmerican fiction
_y18th century.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aWadsworth, Sarah,
_econtributor.
700 1 _aDickason, David Howard,
_econtributor.
710 2 _aProject Muse,
_edistributor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780253010476
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253010520/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c32895
_d32895