Off the Deep End: A History of Madness at Sea by Nic Compton

Off the Deep End: A History of Madness at Sea

Nic Compton

288 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology informative slow-paced
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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 w...

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