Off the Deep End: A History of Madness at Sea

by Nic Compton

Book Overview

Confined in a small space for months on end, subject to ship's discipline and living on limited food supplies, many sailors of old lost their minds--and no wonder. Many still do.

The result in some instances was bloodthirsty mutinies, such as the whaleboat Sharon whose captain was butchered and fed to the ship's pigs in a crazed attack in the Pacific. Or mob violence, such as the 147 survivors on the raft of the Medusa, who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472941128
• ISBN13: 9781472941121
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"