Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation

by Richard Snow

Book Overview

A "compelling" (The Wall Street Journal) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy--a little-known but once notorious event that cost three young men their lives--part murder mystery, part courtroom drama, and as propulsive and dramatic as the bestselling novels of Patrick O'Brian.

On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of-war Somers dropped anchor in the New York Harbor at the end of a voyage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982185449
• ISBN13: 9781982185442
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"