Summary of Dean King's Skeletons on the Zahara

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The crew of the 220-ton brig Commerce set sail in 1815. They were headed first to New Orleans, and if the peace held, they would cross the Atlantic to Gibraltar and partway down the west coast of Africa to the Cape Verde Islands for salt to bring back to Connecticut. #2 The Connecticut River, which flows through the center of the state, had been blocked by the British for almost two decades. But in 1814, after