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Treachery at Sharpnose Point: Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's
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Treachery at Sharpnose Point: Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage Hardcover - 2001

by Seal, Jeremy

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New York, NY: Harcourt, 2001. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. American First. Complete letter line from A to K; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs, maps and reproductions of drawings and paintings..
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Summary

While walking through a cliff-top graveyard in the town of Morwenstow on the coast of Cornwall, the author encounters a wooden Scottish figurehead that once adorned the Caledonia, a ship wrecked on the English coast in 1842. Through further investigation, Seal begins to suspect the townspeople, and chiefly the town's parson, Robert Hawker, for the Caledonia's demise on the jagged shores below. Though no one has ever been brought to court for "wrecking"-luring ships ashore to loot the cargo-it's a commonly held belief that this sort of cruelty did take place. But, is that what happened in Morwenstow?

Having meticulously researched maritime logs, broadsides of the day, and other first-hand documents, Seal weaves history, travelogue, and imaginative reconstruction into this marvelous piece of detective work, bringing us a mystery of the best kind-the sort that really did happen.

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She stood in the graveyard and stared at the sea, as if to understand the hurt it had once done her.

Media reviews

PRAISE FOR JEREMY SEAL
A natural raconteur."-The Wall Street Journal
Seal's writing is vivid, humorous, and wonderfully chilling."-Outside
Seal tells fascinating stories and complements them with lore that is funny . . . and mesmerizing."-Men's Journal