Mary Ann Patten is 19—petite, pretty and pregnant—when her husband, the captain of Neptune’s Car, the clipper ship she’s on, is struck down by disease and delirium from the tuberculosis that will ...

In “The Sea Captain’s Wife,” Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the thrilling story of Mary Ann Patten, the first female captain of a merchant clipper ship. By Jennifer Wright Jennifer Wright is the author, most ...

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”The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World,” By Tilar J. Mazzeo. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, 270 pages. $26. “The Sea Captain’s Wife” is a ...

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“The Sea Captain’s Wife” is a riveting tale about the journey of a clipper ship from New York to San Francisco in 1856. As the ship rounds Cape Horn — there is, of course, no Panama Canal yet — a ...