A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston : 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/creator | Jewitt, John R. |
| Other author | Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | [3rd ed.]. |
| Publication Info | New-York : Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1816. |
| Description | 208 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 37956. ^A575643 |
| General note | Running title: Narrative of John R. Jewitt. |
| General note | "Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewitt his story during repeated interviews." cf. Hist. mag, v. 4, 1860, p. 91. |
| General note | "End of the third edition." -- p. 208. |
| General note | 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). |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 37956 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| 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). |
| Other title | Narrative of John R. Jewitt. |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |