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She crossed an ocean to escape the suffering of famine-torn Ireland. Haunted by loss, but determined to build a life in the New World, Gracelin O'Malley then crosses the country with her young children to accept a San Francisco sea captain's practical proposal of marriage. But when she... read more
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Hundreds of square-rigged vessels listed aimlessly in San Francisco Bay, eerie for the mist that swirled up and over their neglected decks, through the gaping holes punched port and starboard by lumber scavengers who took what they wanted, then deserted the ships a second time, leaving them half-submerged in murky waters.
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- Ann Moore (Author)
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