In the Wake of Madness
Subtitle: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: May 9, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781565123472
Subjects: Sharon (Whaleship); Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc; Norris, Howes,; Maritime History; d. 1842; History; History - General History; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; History: World; Ships & Shipbuilding - General; North Pacific Ocean; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History; Whaling; Modern - 19th Century; Mutiny
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.
Description: Recounts the story of the whaleship Sharon, whose captain was murdered by a trio of mutineers and whose remaining crew members died over the course of three subsequent years under mysterious circumstances.