The emigrant ship William and Mary departed from Liverpool with 208
British, Irish, and Dutch emigrants in early 1853. Captained by young
American Timothy Stinson, the vessel was sailing for New Orleans when
the ship wrecked in the Bahamas in mysterious circumstances. Instead
of grounding the ship on a nearby shore or building rafts for the
passengers, Stinson and the majority of his crew sneaked away in
lifeboats murdering at least two of the emigrants with a hatchet as
they did so and reported the ship sunk with all on board lost. But the
passengers kept the ship afloat and two days later were rescued by
heroic wreckers as the ship went down. Now, over 160 years on, the
tale of the two murdered in Bahamian waters and the hundreds who
escaped thanks to kindly wreckers can finally be told. Stinson is no
longer getting away with murder.
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ISBN
9781473858268
Publisert
2016
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Pen & Sword
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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