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This is a short and obscure novel by Douglas Kelley. It is based on the true story of the gallant Mary Ann Patten, wife of Joshua Patten the captain of the clipper ship ''Neptune's Car'' in 1856. When her husband was down with sickness, and she was the only one who could navigate(having learned it as a hobby) she brought the ship around Cape Horn from New York to California with the help of Hare the second mate. All the while caring for her husband and burdened with an unborn child. Continually conducting a power struggle with the first mate Keeler. This story is reasonably good if not spectacular in quality but it serves the purpose of remembering a woman who ought to be remembered.
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* [[Adventure Couple]]: Joshua and Mary
** As Joshua is down through most of the book it is arguably Mary and Hare. Which creates [[Will They or Won't They?|tension]].
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