Sufferings in Africa: The Astonishing Account of a New England Sea Captain Enslaved by North African Arabs
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781585740802 (1585740802)
Publish date: May 1st 2000
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Such a curious mixture of cruelty and compassion and of honor and dishonor. The setting and people are exotic, almost stereotypically so, and in fact, if I didn't know that this was a true story, I'd think this was a very standard 19th century Anglo-American piece of action/adventure fiction. The ...