June 2, 2026
The Wreck of the Mentor A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
The Wreck of the Mentor A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail | 57.11 MB
Title: The Wreck of the Mentor
Author: Eric Jay Dolin
Category: Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Fish & Ocean Life, Marine Life, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Military, Naval
Language: English | 272 Pages | ISBN: 1324096322
Description:
New York Times • "The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026"
Goodreads • Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of Summer…and the Rest of the Year!
Kirkus • 40 Hottest Reads for Summer of 2026
From the best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters comes the story of the American whaleship Mentor, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling, the eleven surviving crewmen face not only the miseries of shipwreck in unfamiliar territory but also the profound uncertainty of contact with the Indigenous people of the Micronesian archipelago of Palau, who within days approach the deserted men brandishing axes, clubs, and spears. In this gripping saga of cultural collision, tribal wars, and dashed hopes,…
New York Times • "The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026"
Goodreads • Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of Summer…and the Rest of the Year!
Kirkus • 40 Hottest Reads for Summer of 2026
An astonishing true story-one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century-told by our era’s "expert literary steersman" (Washington Post).
From the best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters comes the story of the American whaleship Mentor, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling, the eleven surviving crewmen face not only the miseries of shipwreck in unfamiliar territory but also the profound uncertainty of contact with the Indigenous people of the Micronesian archipelago of Palau, who within days approach the deserted men brandishing axes, clubs, and spears. In this gripping saga of cultural collision, tribal wars, and dashed hopes,…
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