In the Wake of Madness
Subtitle: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: January 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781565124356
Subjects: Maritime History; True crime; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; History; History - General History; History: American; USA; Transportation; Modern - 19th Century; Ships & Shipbuilding - General
First sentence: On May 25, 1841, the whaleship Sharon of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, set out on the first leg of what was to become one of the most notorious voyages of the nineteenth century-and yet one of its best-kept secrets.