In the Wake of Madness

The true story of one of history’s most notorious mutinies is revealed in this riveting “nautical murder mystery” ( USA Today ). In May 1841, the Massachusetts whaleship Sharon set out for the whaling ground of the northwestern Pacific. A year later, while most of the crew was out hunting, Captain Howes Norris was brutally murdered. When the men in the whaleboats returned to the ship, they found four crew members on board, three of whom were covered in blood, the other screaming from atop the ma