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Letters written from Sea, by Victorian-era Nova Scotia Ship Wife
Description : 08 Apr, 2023
“Grace F. Ladd: Quite a Curiosity”
(Edited by Louise Nichols)
Grace (Forrest) Ladd was born into a distinguished Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, family in 1864 during the province's golden age of sail. The letters Grace Ladd sent home to Yarmouth in the late 1800s provide a fascinating account of life aboard both sailing ships and steamers during the Victorian era. Grace spent 25 years travelling with her husband aboard ships.
Grace Forrest married Fred Ladd while he was captain of the 1,320 ton barque “Morning Light,” and sailed with him from New York to Shanghai on a "honeymoon" voyage. Fred mand of the steel-hulled barque “Belmont” in 1891, and this vessel became Grace's permanent home for almost twenty years. She kept in touch with those at home by mail, and it is her letters to her father Charles E. Brown that form the main content of this book. Her letters provide an intimate insight into her role aboard ship—her relationships with the captain and the crew, the day to day routine of a woman's life at sea, the birth of her children, and the challenges and difficulties that arose as well as her responses to emergencies.
Grace's letters also serve to dispel the notion that Victorian women were fragile or subservient. Here was a courageous, energetic and curious woman Whose relationship with her husband was one panionship and mutual respect. Her exchanges with her Father are light and good-natured, and he obviously approved of her nomadic life as municated with him from the Far East, Africa, India, New Zealand and Australia, Scandinavia and the British Isles, South America and the Caribbean.
The book is a softcover, measuring about 6 x 9 inches. It was published in Halifax, N.S., in 2003. It is 196 pages long, with many photographs & illustrations. Book is used, but in excellent condition - no writing, no stains or soiling, clean cover & tight spine.
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