{"product_id":"leviathans-master-the-wreck-of-the-worlds-largest-sailing-ship","title":"Leviathans Master: The Wreck of the Worlds Largest Sailing Ship","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description It was the biggest sailing vessel ever built and the worlds first supertanker. In the winter of 1907, the T.W. Lawson, a fourhundred foot schooner with seven masts, makes her first transatlantic crossing with more than two million gallons of kerosene to be delivered to London. With almost fifty years of sailing experience, Captain George W. Dow is not intimidated, despite the Lawsons 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 accountmost especially to himself. Leviathans Master is a true story, transformed into a gripping historical novella by the captains great, great nephew. Praise for David M. Quinns It May Be Forever  An Irish Rebel on the American Frontier Master storyteller, David Quinn, erases time.... To transport the reader is the writers job. Quinn does just that. Mary Sojourner, Novelist and NPR Contributor A beautifully written historical novel filled with excellent research and characters! Highly recommended! USABOOKNEWS.COM Visit the authors website: www.davidquinnbooks.com About the Author David M.Quinn was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1945 and grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He studied political science at Wheeling Jesuit University (B.A.) and Fordham University (M.A.). After thirty years in the telecommunications industry, David made the decision to leave the corporate world in 1999. Following his passion for genealogy led him to uncover remarkable stories within his family history. First was that of his great, great uncle Michael Quinn, as told in the historical novel, It May Be Forever  An Irish Rebel on the American Frontier. Now, drawing upon his maternal ancestry, David gives us the remarkable story of Captain George W. Dow, who is the narrator of the true story, Leviathans Master  The Wreck of The Worlds Largest Sailing Ship. David and his wife, Betsy, live in Prescott, Arizona and have three grown children and four grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45900986220742,"sku":"DADAX1440155372","price":22.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/71cKeJtPLdL.jpg?v=1780320662","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/leviathans-master-the-wreck-of-the-worlds-largest-sailing-ship","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}