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Plume 323p. c2001. 0-452-28355-8. $14.00. SA
Few women were as happy as Mary Patten as she boarded the merchant clipper ship, Neptune's Car, on July 1, 1856 with her husband, John, who was its captain. Little did she realize, however, the hardships that lay ahead on that 138-day voyage: an untrustworthy first mate, treacherous weather to challenge the best sailor, an illiterate second mate with no knowledge of navigation, a husband physically and mentally incapacitated by a serious and unknown disease, a cargo to ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Kelley, Douglas. The captain's wife.(Book Review)(Young Adult...