David Ritchie wrote: > on 10/18/04 1:13 PM, Ursula Stange at Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > http://idid.essortment.com/pirateswomen_rzzx.htm > > you'll see that neither male poets nor male pirates should try duelling with > some kinds of wenches. **There's an interesting book: _HEN FRIGATES: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea_, by Joan Druett, Simon & Schuster; (May 4, 1999) ISBN: 0684854341, used by me in class. More stories of ladies at sea, travels and travails. TC, /Steve Cameron, NJ > > As for how final vote goes? > > We shall be young, we shall be merry and very, very wise, > And the door shall stand open at our feast. > Should there come a woman with the West in her eyes, > welcoming her with floored arms, we'll revel in vin, frites and peace. > > David Ritchie > between reading essays in > Portland, Oregon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html