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Barcode30053003840314
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No910.452 DOLI
Title The wreck of the mentor : a true story of death, despair, and deliverance in the Age of Sail / Eric Jay Dolin.
Author Dolin, Eric Jay, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 900-999
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003840314910.452 DOLI6/24/2026 Available

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Personal Name Dolin, Eric Jay, author.
Title Statement The wreck of the mentor : a true story of death, despair, and deliverance in the Age of Sail / Eric Jay Dolin.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2026.
Physical Description 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. The story of the American whaleship Mentor, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling, eleven surviving crew face not only the miseries of shipwreck in unfamiliar territory, but also the profound uncertainty of contact with the indigenous people of the Micronesian archipelago of Palau who, within days of the wreck, approached the deserted men brandishing axes, clubs, and spears.
Subject Mentor (Ship : 1830-1848)
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Shipwrecks.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Whaling ships.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Palau.

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