This is a romantic novel based on a true life account set in the days of the California gold rush and the new England shipping boom. Mary Ann Patten joins her new husband Joshua, a clipper ship captain, on a race from New York to San Francisco on a perilous route around Cape Horn. Their relationship is strained by events which threaten to overwhelm them, culminating in Mary finding herself struggling to save both Joshua’s life and the ship itself. She has the accolade of being the first woman ever to take full command of a merchant sailing ship, and this story shows how she comes to encounter the one true Captain who alone could safely guide her.
