Kelley, Douglas. The captain's wife.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
A Second Mate (2/M) or Second Officer is a licensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. with no knowledge of navigation, a husband physically and mentally incapacitated mentally incapacitated Forensic psychology adjective Referring to a person rendered temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling his/her conduct due to the influence of a narcotic, anesthetic or other substance administered to that person without the by a serious and unknown disease, a cargo to be delivered as quickly as possible, and her recently discovered pregnancy. Nineteen-year-old Mary must face each challenge in turn, because the lives of those on board depend on her. The novel conveys all too well how dangerous and lonely travel by sea was a century and a half ago. Based on the true account of the voyage of Neptune's Car around Cape Horn Noun 1. Cape Horn - a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego) Chile, Republic of Chile - a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , The Captain's Wife is a riveting story that will captivate readers of all ages. Susan G. Allison, Libn., Lewiston H.S., Lewiston, ME |
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