captain, crew, footfalls on the boundary of another world, merchant ship, philadelphia: lippincott 1860, robert dale owen, survivors

How Were an Icebound Ship’s Passengers Mysteriously Saved?

This is the story of how an icebound ship’s passengers were rescued because of the vision a merchant ship’s first mate had. One day in 1828, onboard a merchant ship traveling between Liverpool, England, and Canada, Robert Bruce, the first mate, saw a man he did not know sitting in the captain’s cabin writing on ...

Helen London

A merchant ship sailing through fog.