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      The Closest Possible Union

      by Joanna Scott
      Published
      Feb 2003
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      304
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      Joanna Scott's provocative second novel chronicles the life of the" Charles Beauchamp," a slave ship, and its fourteen-year-old captain's apprentice, Tom. The son of the ship's owner, Tom must navigate the volatile waters of the boat's crew: a wrathful captain, a raving preacher, a dangerous messboy, and a shadowy deckhand with hidden cargo of his own. As the" Charles Beauchamp "makes its fateful journey across the Atlantic, Scott unfurls a hallucinatory saga that rings with a modern immediacy.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      First Edition Feb 2003 Picador ISBN 0312421362
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      Nov 1996 Henry Holt ISBN 0805039732
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      Apr 1988 Ticknor & Fields ISBN 0899196624
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