Description:
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"An exciting and at times almost unbelievably dramatic story." --Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal
New York Times - "The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026"
Goodreads - "Readers' Most Anticipated Books of Summer... and the Rest of the Year!"
Kirkus Reviews - "40 Hottest Reads for Summer of 2026"
Book Riot - Best New Nonfiction Releases of 2026
An astonishing true story--one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century--told by our era's "expert literary steersman" (Washington Post).
Brief description:
Eric Jay Dolin is the best-selling author of numerous works in maritime history, including Left for Dead; Black Flags, Blue Waters; and Leviathan. His books have won many awards including the John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History; Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award; and the Samuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval Literature; and he was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. He now lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family.
Review Quotes: If there was ever a book, ever an author, who can write history and immediately absorb a reader's complete attention, it's Eric Jay Dolin and his soon to be released historic story, The Wreck of the Mentor.--Muriel J. Smith "Veni Vidi Scripto"