Why read Woman, Captain, Rebel?

Book cover of Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain

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A daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality-and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies.

Every day was a fight for survival, equality, and justice for Iceland's most renowned female fishing captain…

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1 author picked Woman, Captain, Rebel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Nancy Marie Brown

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I love true stories of strong women who defy our expectations. Iceland’s fishing industry in the early 1800s would seem to be a man’s world.

But Captain Thurídur was one of many women who rowed out into the icy North Atlantic in open boats—and in winter, no less—to catch the fish that powered Iceland’s colonial economy.

Haunted by a ghost, a believer in elves and omens, Thurídur could read the waves and weather like no one else. Her catches were legendary. Best, in her 50 years at sea, not one of her crewmembers drowned.

From Nancy's 3 favorite reads in 2023.