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The real Jim Hawkins : ships' boys in the Georgian navy

Pietsch, Roland2010
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This work is a study of the origins, life and culture of the boys of the Georgian navy, not of the upper-class children training to become officers, but of the orphaned, delinquent or just plain adventurous youths whose prospects on land were bleak and miserable.
Imprint:
Barnsley : Seaforth, 2010.
Collation:
xv, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781848320369 (hbk)
Dewey class:
359.1'08351'0941359.1083510941
Language:
English
BRN:
1151250
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