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ix Acknowledgments This book would not be possible but for the numerous individuals who offered their support. First and foremost I would like to thank William Pencak, Anne Rose, Matthew Restall, and Lorraine Dowler at Penn State University for their advice, support, and invaluable criticisms. I would also like to extend my gratitude to William Joyce, Paul Gilje, and Lisa Norling for commenting on specific areas for helping me smooth out various rough patches. To the anonymous reviewers who added to and refined my manuscript , I thank you for your thorough comments. To my colleagues at Penn State University and at the University of West Florida, I thank you for your support and patience in commenting on various chapters and providing numerous essential libations when needed. I would also like to acknowledge the assistance I received from several graduate students at the University of West Florida, primarily Tom Barber and Paul Zielinski. For fellowship support I must recognize the generosity of the John Carter Brown Library for the William Reese Company Fellowship. Their outstanding holdings and amazing staff gave my project a much-needed jump-start. In addition I would like to thank the Peabody-Essex Museum, the RGSO, and the Department of History at Penn State for the Hill Fellowship . Several institutions generously opened their archives: William and Mary, the Massachusetts Historical Society, Mystic Seaport, the Mariners’ Museum, the Rhode Island Historical Society, Hay Library at Brown University , and Gloucester Archives Committee. Portions of this book appear in other publications and are reproduced here with permission from Mystic Seaport Press and from Coriolos for portions of chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 appeared as “Negotiating Power: Status and Authority in Anglo-American Shipwreck Narratives”in Pirates,JackTar and Memory (Mystic Seaport Press, 2007), and chapter 5, “To Honor Their Worth, Beauty, and Accomplishments,” appeared in Coriolos (June 2011). My greatest debt goes to my family,who stood by me and supported me each step of the way. I thank you for your patience and encouragement. This page intentionally left blank ...

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