The "Mary Celeste" and other strange tales of the sea
by John Gilbert Lockhart
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This is a collection of 13 stories about various nautical incidents that were unresolved or notorious in some way. Mary Celeste kicks things off with a bang, then the rest of the collection is a lot of mutinies and murder, then the book ends with the disappearance of the Waratah. Some stories contain dated language and stereotypes about people of colour, and there are probably more recent books about the Mary Celeste in particular. So not a necessary read.
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The Mariners Library (20)
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- Original publication date
- 1952
- Important places
- Mary Celeste
- Important events
- Mary Celeste mystery
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- First words
- At three o'clock, or thereabouts, in the afternoon of December 5th, 1872, the Dei Gratia, a brig of Nova Scotia, bound from New York to Gibraltar under the command of Captain Morehouse, was about three hundred and eigh... (show all)ty miles from the coast of Portugal.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Having so nearly shared the fate of the company of the Waratah, Mr. Evans' testimony may not be ignored; at least it provides a reasonable answer to one of the unsolved problems of the sea.
- Disambiguation notice
- Compilation of "strange incidents and unexplained disasters at sea", first published in The Mariners Library in 1952, reprinted 1958, and 3rd impression 1965. The items comprise: The mystery of the Mary Celeste; The murder of... (show all) George Glass; The steward of the Lennie; The Caswell barque; The running amok in the Frank N. Thayer; The crook ship; The Filipinos of the Ethel; The strange affair in the Leicester Castle; The negro of the Veronica; The mystery of the White Rose; The sinking of H.M.S Victoria; The mystery of the Maine; and, The disappearance of the Waratah.
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