About the Author. A Note on Icelandic Names and Other Considerations -- A Preface of Discovery -- Hell Resurrected: A Prologue -- Daring to Be Different -- What Price Survival? -- Uncertain Territory -- Compromises of Honor -- Dark Shadows Amid Joy -- In the Pale Deep of Swans -- Naked Wind -- Reckonings -- Betrayal Is a Many-Colored Cloak -- Commanding Turbulence -- Intimate Blackmail -- Choices of Consequence -- The Bitter Bite of Regret -- Strange Happenings -- Malice Is a Many-Headed Hydra -- A Rising Scent of Murder -- Do Angels Steal? -- How Does One Know God? -- In the Belly of the Beast -- The Devils Are Dancing -- Stand Proud, Man Alive! -- Establishing Escapes -- Fury Unbound -- Is Peace Possible? -- Ascending Mountains -- Fate Listens to No One -- Fiery Reins of the Sea -- What Is Home? -- A Guide for All Seasons -- Intrepid Traveler -- The Power of a Simple Scrawl -- Guardian Angel -- An Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Reading Group Guide -- A Conversation with the Author -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary:
"A daring and magnificent account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality-and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies. Many people may have heard the old sailing superstition that having women onboard a ship was bad luck. Thus, the sea remains in popular knowledge a male realm. When we think of examples of daring sea captains, swashbuckling pirates, or wise fishermen, many men come to mind. Cultural anthropologist Margaret Willson would like to introduce a fearless woman into our imagination of the sea: Thurídur Einarsdóttir. Captain Thurídur was a controversial woman constantly contesting social norms while simultaneously becoming a respected captain fighting for dignity and equality for underrepresented Icelanders. Both horrifying and magnificent, this story will captivate readers from the first page and keep them thinking long after they turn the last page"-- Provided by publisher.
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