I just finished the historical novel Captain, My Captain about a young girl in 1851 who marries a clipper ship captain she barely knew prior. She is wooed by him while on land, but learns she prefers the busy life of Boston over life on her husband's ship. She winds up maturing from a 16 year old girl into a mature, married woman. There were times when one wonders if the harsh feelings these two developed for one another will ever dissolve.The love that eventually grows between Mary & Joshua is apparent and downright palpable. At its peak, Mary finds herself nursing an ill husband, struggling to command a ship, and fighting her own gender as is bad luck for women to even be aboard a ship. It is a classic romance novel with a little adventure mixed in. This was a well written story and I recommend it. ISBN: 0310415519
Yes this is different from "O Captain! My Captain!" a poem written in 1865 by Walt Whitman. :)
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