{"product_id":"9781440155369","title":"Leviathan's Master: The Wreck of the World's Largest Sailing Ship","description":"It was the biggest sailing vessel ever built and the world's first supertanker. In the winter of 1907, the T.W. Lawson, a four-hundred foot schooner with seven masts, makes her first transatlantic crossing with more than two million gallons of kerosene to be delivered to London. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith almost fifty years of sailing experience, Captain George W. Dow is not intimidated, despite the Lawson's checkered history. But hurricane winds and an angry sea conspire to defeat man and machine. Bereft of her sails, the giant ship is trapped in treacherous shoals off the southwest coast of Britain. Seventeen lives are lost, including a local pilot trying to avert disaster. Now, Captain Dow is called to account'\"most especially to himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeviathan's Master\u003c\/i\u003e is a true story, transformed into a gripping historical novella by the captain's great, great nephew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for David M. Quinn's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt May Be Forever ? An Irish Rebel on the American Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Master storyteller, David Quinn, erases time.... To transport the reader is the writer's job. Quinn does just that.' \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMary Sojourner, Novelist and NPR Contributor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautifully written historical novel filled with excellent research and characters! Highly recommended!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUSABOOKNEWS.COM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisit the author's website: davidquinnbooks.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128001085680,"sku":"9781440155369","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440155369_p0.jpg?v=1763758037","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440155369","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}