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Nautical expert Cordingly digs into overlooked written records and shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as wives or mistres ses of captains, some were smuggled aboard, and some dressed in men's clothes and worked alongside the men, sometimes for years without discovery. An entertaining yarn that is also a great addition to women's history. Random House. 2001. Paper. USED. $5.00 Show more