Title: Monoville
Description: "This complex, compellingly written novel set in post-gold-rush California and Washington State revolves around members of the U.S. Coastal Survey. Our proto/anti-tagonist is the lowly ship's steward aboard the U.S.C.S. Ewing who lurks amongst the ships scientists, artists and engineers, tracing his path of iconically creative/destruction."--
Subjects: Ewing (U.S. Survey Schooner), United States Coast Survey, Fiction
Places: California
Time periods: 19th century