A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston [electronic resource] : during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka Sound : with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives
- Author
- Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821
- Published
- New-York : Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1816.
- Edition
- [3rd ed.].
- Physical Description
- 208 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815
Online Version
- Series
- Subject(s)
- Related Titles
- Narrative of John R. Jewitt
- Note
- Running title: Narrative of John R. Jewitt.
"Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewitt his story during repeated interviews." cf. Hist. mag, v. 4, 1860, p. 91.
"End of the third edition." -- p. 208.
Includes a list of names of the crew of the ship Boston (p. [3]), a list of words in the Nootka language (p. [4]), and a review of the book from the Analectic magazine for June 1815 (p. [5]-9).
This title may also be available on microopaque as part of the collection Early American imprints, Second series (New York: Readex Microprint Corp., 1964- ).
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Reproduction Note
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 37956).
- Reviewed/Cited In
- Shaw, R.R. American bibliography 37956
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