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The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman
Lance Bertelsen
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Description for The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman
Paperback. A new edition of a fascinating, previously unavailable fantasy of 18th century Pacific exploration. Editor(s): Bertelsen, Lance. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman is an eponymous novel purportedly written by a midshipman left behind in New Zealand's Queen Charlotte Sound after escaping the infamous Grass Cove massacre. The protagonist is a midshipman on HMS Adventure, the ship that accompanied Cook's Resolution on his second voyage around the world. The two ships become separated off New Zealand, leading to a group of seamen being sent from the Adventure to gather wild greens at Grass Cove, where they are killed by Maori. The fictional Hildebrand escapes because he has gone off hunting. The remainder of the novel traces his travels ... Read more
The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman is an eponymous novel purportedly written by a midshipman left behind in New Zealand's Queen Charlotte Sound after escaping the infamous Grass Cove massacre. The protagonist is a midshipman on HMS Adventure, the ship that accompanied Cook's Resolution on his second voyage around the world. The two ships become separated off New Zealand, leading to a group of seamen being sent from the Adventure to gather wild greens at Grass Cove, where they are killed by Maori. The fictional Hildebrand escapes because he has gone off hunting. The remainder of the novel traces his travels ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Broadview Editions
Condition
New
Weight
288g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781554812745
SKU
V9781554812745
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About Lance Bertelsen
Lance Bertelsen is Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.
Reviews for The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman
Like a hologram, The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman refracts a variety of eighteenth-century concerns. In his remarkable edition, Lance Bertelsen shows how Bowman, inspired by James Cook's sensational discoveries in the Pacific Ocean, travel literature, Scottish Enlightenment philosophers, and satire both social and political, explores what it means to be human. In this lively satirical allegory of England's 'progress' over ... Read more