The startling, thrilling & interesting narrative of the life, sufferings, singular and surprising adventures of Fanny Templeton Danforth : who, disguised in the uniform of a midshipman, went in search of her lover, an officer in the United States Navy, and was taken prisoner by the pirate ship "Demon-of-the-Seas," May 17th, 1848, and was rescued by the crew of the U.S. man-of-war Macedonian, led on by her lover, just as she was to have been burned alive by her captors "the pirates of the Isle of Pines".
| Author/creator | Danforth, Fanny Templeton |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : E.E. Barclay, 1850 [c1849] |
| Description | p. 11-36, [2] leaves of plates : ill. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Startling, thrilling and interesting narrative of the life, sufferings, singular and surprising adventures of Fanny Templeton Danforth |
| Caption title | Thrilling adventures of Fanny Templeton Danforth |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. |
| Local note | Biography; Maritime; Women. |
| Local note | 2010AA89400. |
| General note | Title-vignette. |
| General note | Signed (p. 36): "Fanny Templeton Danforth." |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 18467. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |