Synopses & Reviews
Abundantly illustrated pictorial history of mid-19th-century passenger ships, with their hopeful, opportunity-seeking human cargoes. Gripping tales of stowaways, shipwrecks, dramatic rescues, on-board epidemics, extreme hardships, self-reliant captains, heavy-fisted mates, and rough crews.
Synopsis
Abundantly illustrated pictorial history of mid-19th century passenger ships, with their hopeful, opportunity-seeking human cargoes. Gripping tales of stowaways, shipwrecks, dramatic rescues, on-board epidemics, extreme hardships, self-reliant captains, heavy-fisted mates and rough crews.