Maritime Master in an Age of Peril
Michael Thomas Price
Type: ARC
Genre: Historical fiction, Literary
Word count: 98,000
Warnings: Swearing
This story is based on the life of Captain Matthew Price (1777-1821). He went to sea at the age of twelve and sailed the world’s oceans when men of war, pirates, and privateers targeted American merchant ships. He was the only survivor or a shipwreck and he ran the British blockade during the War of 1812.
What's this?
A novel based on the real life of American Merchant Marine Captain Matthew Price, 1777-1821.
Born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the son of a maritime sea captain, Matthew is in, on, or near the sea at every opportunity. At the age of twelve, his father takes him to sea as an apprentice. When he is seventeen, the sudden death of his father leaves Matthew in charge of bringing his ship and men safely home to Salem, Massachusetts, sparking a lifelong career.
As captain, Matthew must draw on what he learned from his father to make the vital decisions needed to outrun pirates, navigate slave rebellions and negotiate fair prices, all while missing his own wife and children in Washington, North Carolina.
His fortunes change when a shipwreck leaves him physically battered, emotionally depleted and financially ruined. He faces two choices; give up or convince his friends and family to invest in one more voyage. Restoring a cannon-riddled schooner with a crew of inexperienced farm hands, Matthew sets out to pull his family out of poverty by running the British blockade in the War of 1812, a journey only he believes he can survive.
Michael Thomas Price was a sailor on a U.S. Navy Destroyer and a U.S. Navy frogman. He owned SCUBA stores and led SCUBA divers on trips throughout the world on many different boats. He was a crew member on schooners that sailed the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. As a writer, he authored articles for saltwater fishing magazines and ghostwrote a memoir, A Hand on Your Shoulder by Eddie Douglas.
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