In the Newport harbour of colonial days, a capable young seaman named Wilder is drawn to a sleek, suspicious ship lying at anchor and to the commanding stranger who owns her. Soon he is master of a merchant vessel carrying two gentlewomen to sea, with the Rover never far behind, and storms, chases and divided loyalties fill the voyage, told by a writer who had served in the navy himself.
One of the novels that founded the American sea story, for readers of Marryat and Melville. Download the free EPUB.