In 1867, a ship bound for California with 400 Chinese passengers signaled distress as it drifted in the Pacific Ocean. The ship's captain was a woman, and her mutinous crew had refused to sail the ship even though they were running out of water. How did Captain Hannah Masury Howe come to be in such a predicament, and how could she possibly save herself and the ship?
Our guest is NYT bestselling author Katherine Howe in this real-life high seas adventure.
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THE NATURALIST Maria Sibylla Merian
THE MOTHER OF FORENSIC SCIENCE Frances Glessner Lee
THE UNVEILED Huda Shaarawi
THE WARRIOR QUEEN Chand Bibi
VERSAILLES CHRISTMASTIDE Mary Stuart Boyd
THE SCREENWRITER Frances Marion
THE ORGANIZER Celia Sánchez
THE FIRST ACCUSED Tituba
THE PIRATE Ching Shih
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THE RANI OF JHANSI Lakshmibai
GONE TO THE ENEMY Eve
THE UNBOWED Wangari Maathai
THE QUEEN OF THE COMSTOCK Eilley Bowers
THE EXILE Stefania Turkevych
THE ROUND-THE-WORLD CYCLIST Annie Londonderry
THE MYSTIC Margery Kempe
THE ROADBUILDER K’awiil
THE MEDIUM Helen Duncan
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