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This classic best-selling novel about a man who encounters a woman whose power to destroy is as strong as her power to love evokes Hemingway in its naturalistic portrayal of elemental forces in both nature and humanity. Ellen's beauty was radiant, and Harland had been so struck with her personality and the strength of her character that he knew he could never leave her. When he found that she returned his adoration, he could marry her with joy, bothered just momentarily by a strange premonition.

The Shores brothers were seamen... They were hard working whalers but Mark and Joel had a disagreement about the recovery of a quantity of pearls acquired by Mark. He had buried them on a South Sea island as a toll for future recovery... This is the seed of the major conflict on board the ship. Will the brothers work it out? Or will both brotherly love and the ship sink, so to speak?

This riveting novel takes place on a whaling ship, where its captain, Black Pawl, has a troubled relationship with the first mate, his son. A minister is permitted aboard for the homeward-bound journey along with a young woman who is accompanying him. Before long, unforeseen complications and electrifying events ensue. Williams, an American author, wrote hundreds of short stories, many appearing in popular magazines, and over 30 novels, several of which were made into motion pictures.

The Shores' brothers were seamen and hardworking whalers, but Mark and Joel have a disagreement about the recovery of a quantity of pearls acquired by Mark. He had buried them on a South Sea as a toll for future retrieval... This is the seed of the major conflict on board the ship.

Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother's apparent demise as captain of the same ship, elects to make his first cruise as captain to the very location where his brother had last been seen - the Gilbert Islands, in order to try to learn more about what happened to his brother. The focus of this tale is of that voyage halfway around the globe and the adventures which he and his crew encounter.