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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary Seacole, William L. Andrews (Introduction by)Series:Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women WritersPublish date:1990-11-29Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195066722ISBN-10:195066723UPC:9780195066722Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Caribbean & West IndiesSize:5.50 x 8.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC4KSB65CN
Mary Seacole was born a free black woman in Jamaica of the early 19th century. In her long and varied life, she was to travel in Central America, Russia and Europe, find work as a inn-keeper and as a doctress during the Crimean War, and become a famed heroine, the author of her own biography, in Britain. As this autobiography shows, Mary Seacole had a sharp instinct for hypocrisy as well as a ripe taste for sarcasm. Frequently we see her joyfully rise to mock the limitations artificially imposed on her as a black woman. She emerges from her writings as an individual with a most un-Victorian zest for travel, adventure and independence.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195066722ISBN-10:195066723UPC:9780195066722Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Caribbean & West IndiesSize:5.50 x 8.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC4KSB65CN
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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