Anna E. Jacke

Josiah Perkins Creesy and Eleanor Prentiss Creesy, 'Marblehead Legends' 1814-1900 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A NEW BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMOUS SEAFARING COUPLE FROM MARBLEHEADThis exciting new biography of Josiah Perkins Creesy and Eleanor Prentiss Creesy, fillsin the blanks of their life story before and after the record-breaking voyages of theClipper Ship Flying Cloud.An in-depth look into their private lives from rare journals, letters and memoirs, providesan entirely different perspective on their marriage and personalities. A prestigiousancestral lineage in the fishing and seafaring trades, provided them with privilegededucations and strict religious upbringings during the early Temperance Movement. Thiswas sufficient motivation for an adventurous escape from Marblehead, but not withoutgrief and drama from the sudden death of family members, scandals, and a shockingexposé that nearly destroyed Josiah''s career. Eleanor kept her own list of secrets,including a traumatic miscarriage in 1851. She was a skilled navigator in the privacy ofher cabin, entertained passengers, and cared for the sick and injured, but was oftenchallenged by her husband''s stern discipline while bearing witness to racism, slavery,and the barbaric "Coolie Trade" with unimaginable consequences.The couple later retired to a sprawling country estate in Wenham in 1857, until theCivil War recruited Josiah into the Supplemental Navy. His brief service as a VolunteerLieutenant Commander of the USS Ino, created an "international crisis" that ended witha Court Martial and dismissal from the Navy. Enraged from the humiliation, heabandoned his wife and country and assumed command of the Clipper Ship Archer torestore his reputation in the China Trade. An inflated ego and relentless drive snuffedout his life by age 57. Eleanor remained a widow and lived out her days in Salem untilshe died in 1900. Decades later, her unassuming role as navigator became a nationalsensation during the height of the Women''s Suffrage Movement when the grandsonof an "old guard shipmaster" informed the press that "Mrs. Creesy" took commandof the Flying Cloud and brought her safely home from China.Anna Jacke presents a heartwarming and compelling biography that fully explores thereasons why the names of Josiah Perkins Creesy and Eleanor Prentiss Creesy aredeeply etched in the annals of American history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BookBaby
• Seitenzahl: 625
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798218598570
• Artikelnr.: 73431241