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The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner
John Howell
(editor),
Edinburgh
London
:
William Blackwood
T. Cadell
,
1822
Z948496
1822
single work
prose
travel
'In his many voyages the Scottish-born sailor John Nicol twice circumnavigated the globe, visiting every inhabited continent while witnessing and participating in many of the greatest events of exploration and adventure in the eighteenth century. He traded with Native Americans on the St. Lawrence River and hunted whales in the Arctic Ocean. He fought for the British navy against American privateers in the Atlantic Ocean and Napoleon's navy in the Mediterranean Sea. In Grenada he witnessed the horrors of the slave system and befriended slaves who invited him to join in their dance celebrations. In the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) he was entertained by the king's court mere days after the murder of Captain James Cook. En route to Australia he would meet the love of his life, Sarah Whitlam, a convict bound for the Botany Bay prison colony, who would bear his son before duty forced them apart forever. At the end of his journeys, John Nicol returned to his homeland and a life of obscurity and poverty, until the publisher John Howell met him one day while he was wandering the streets of Edinburgh, searching for dregs of coal to fuel his hearth. After hearing the fascinating stories of Nicol's seafaring experiences, Howell convinced him to write his memoirs - the publication of which eventually earned Nicol enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his days.'--Book Jacket, 1999 American edition.
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 50 no. 3 2006; (p. 29)
— Review of The True Adventures of John Nicol 2006 single work autobiography -
Book Briefs
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 15 July 2006; (p. 9)
— Review of The True Adventures of John Nicol 2006 single work autobiography -
Cover Notes
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 July 2006; (p. 30)
— Review of The True Adventures of John Nicol 2006 single work autobiography ; Switched On : Conversations With Influential Women in the Australian Media 2006 selected work interview ; Oceans of Love : Narrelle - an Australian Nurse in World War I 2006 single work biography ; Troy 2006 selected work short story novella
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Cover Notes
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 July 2006; (p. 30)
— Review of The True Adventures of John Nicol 2006 single work autobiography ; Switched On : Conversations With Influential Women in the Australian Media 2006 selected work interview ; Oceans of Love : Narrelle - an Australian Nurse in World War I 2006 single work biography ; Troy 2006 selected work short story novella -
Book Briefs
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 15 July 2006; (p. 9)
— Review of The True Adventures of John Nicol 2006 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 50 no. 3 2006; (p. 29)
— Review of The True Adventures of John Nicol 2006 single work autobiography
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