| Author: | Willard White | ISBN: | 9781465947277 |
| Publisher: | Willard White | Publication: | October 19, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Willard White |
| ISBN: | 9781465947277 |
| Publisher: | Willard White |
| Publication: | October 19, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
In 1863, the Civil War is raging in the United States. Michael O'Grady, a rich boy from Boston who can read and write is orphaned in Puerto Rico by the yellow fever.
Michael must survive and get himself back to Boston. Valarie is there.
He's caught thieving on the streets of San Juan and ships out as cabin boy on the Alma, a schooner bound to run the Union Blockade into Savannah. Michael becomes a navigator, a blockade runner, a pirate, and a teacher of slaves in his quest to get back to Boston, and to Valarie.
Michael's journals and Valarie's diary were discovered in Savannah in the attic of an old servant's quarters in 2002. This is their story:
In 1863, the Civil War is raging in the United States. Michael O'Grady, a rich boy from Boston who can read and write is orphaned in Puerto Rico by the yellow fever.
Michael must survive and get himself back to Boston. Valarie is there.
He's caught thieving on the streets of San Juan and ships out as cabin boy on the Alma, a schooner bound to run the Union Blockade into Savannah. Michael becomes a navigator, a blockade runner, a pirate, and a teacher of slaves in his quest to get back to Boston, and to Valarie.
Michael's journals and Valarie's diary were discovered in Savannah in the attic of an old servant's quarters in 2002. This is their story:
