{"product_id":"the-wreck-of-the-mentor-a-true-story-of-death-despair-and-deliverance-in-the-age-of-sail","title":"The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Flags, Blue Waters\u003c\/em\u003e comes the story of the American whaleship \u003cem\u003eMentor\u003c\/em\u003e, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lovers of dad books rejoice! Here is the historical nautical book of the summer.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --BookRiot, Best New Nonfiction Releases of June 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith supplies dwindling, the eleven surviving crewmen face not only the miseries of shipwreck in unfamiliar territory but also the profound uncertainty of contact with the Indigenous people of the Micronesian archipelago of Palau, who within days approach the deserted men brandishing axes, clubs, and spears. In this gripping saga of cultural collision, tribal wars, and dashed hopes, award-winning historian Eric Jay Dolin vividly reconstructs the \u003cem\u003eMentor\u003c\/em\u003e's doomed voyage, the years of perilous captivity, and the delicate negotiations and fraught naval rescue mission that followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by more than 100 images and maps, \u003cem\u003eThe Wreck of the Mentor\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a powerful story of survival and a revealing window into the great Age of Sail a time when maritime ambition collided with local sovereignty, and when the outcome of one voyage rippled across oceans and empires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Jay Dolin\u003c\/strong\u003e is the best-selling author of numerous works in maritime history, including \u003cem\u003eLeft for Dead\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBlack Flags, Blue Waters\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e. His books have won many awards including the John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History; Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award; and the Samuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval Literature; and he was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. He now lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Jay Dolin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51846900515101,"sku":"9781324096320","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781324096320.jpg?v=1780602201","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-wreck-of-the-mentor-a-true-story-of-death-despair-and-deliverance-in-the-age-of-sail","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}